From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
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*** Etymology 1
[en]; apparently related to Scots and dialect [sco], and possibly to Older
Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetan [vec], an embellishment
where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle,
though the meanings are similar.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
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.
4. * [passage=A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with PURL and pearl.]
***** Translations
[a particular stitch in knitting]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Manx: [gv]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
2. [en] To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
*** Etymology 2
from [en], Middle [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
***** Related terms
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
From [en], possibly ultimately from an [en] [en] base related to [nl], [no]
and [no], [ang].[1]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
2. * [book=XXI]
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1959 |first=Margaret |last=Leech |chapter=Appointment at Buffalo
|title=In the Days of McKinley
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0j5MgEACAAJ |location=New York
|publisher=w:Harper & Brothers |LCCN=59-6310 |OCLC=561382829 |page=595
|text=At seven minutes past four, while a Bach sonata was PURLING under the
din of the crowd, the President's reaching hand was struck aside, and a man
lurched forward. Two shots cracked sharply. There was a moment of dead
silence.}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=October 23 2023 | author=Murr Brewster | titleurl=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2023/1023/Grizzlies-and-caribou-and-wolves-oh-my!-Savoring-Denali-s-delights | title=Grizzlies and caribou and wolves, oh my! Savoring Denali’s delights. | journal=The Christian Science Monitor
|passage=[T]he road PURLED out ahead of us for miles, all prospect and
promise, like the beginning of a long, good friendship.}}
1. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
2. * [passage=thin winding breath which PURLED up to the sky]
***** Translations
[to make the sound of gently running water]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Maori: [mi]
- Russian: [ru]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun] [en]
1. A circle made by the motion of a fluid ; an eddy ; a ripple .
2. * [sig=Q]
3. * [volume=VI]
4. A gentle murmuring sound , such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstruction s.
**** References
References:
[1]. Proceedings - Volume 2 - Page 137. University of Michigan Press
*** Etymology 4
Possibly from the pearl-like appearance caused by bubbles on the surface of
the liquid.
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en] Ale or beer spice d with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1711 | journal=w:The Spectator | issue=88
|passage=A double mug of PURLE.}}
1. [en] Hot beer mixed with gin , sugar , and spices.
2. * [IV]
3. * {{ RQ:Dickens Barnaby Rudge | chapter=60
|passage=Drinking hot PURL, and smoking pipes.}}
*** Etymology 5
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] A tern .
[Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
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