purling
Meaning of purling
verb
- To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
Needlework purled with gold.
- An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
Knit one, purl two.
- To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
The huntsman was purled from his horse.
- To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
- The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.
the purlings of the stream
adjective
That purls; rippling, eddying.
Information about purling
- The plural form of purling is: purlings.
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Hyphenation of purling
purl-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- purling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with purling
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