purls

1. A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
2. The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
3. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

1. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

   Needlework purled with gold.

2. An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc

   Knit one, purl two.

noun

A heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

1. To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

   The huntsman was purled from his horse.

1. A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
2. A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.

   the purl of a brook

1. To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
2. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

noun

A tern.