purl
adjective
[ pəːl ]
• denoting or relating to a knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left.
purl
verb
• knit with a purl stitch.
• "knit one, purl one"
purl
noun
• a cord of twisted gold or silver wire used for bordering or edging something.
Origin:
late Middle English (as noun): of uncertain origin.
purl
verb
• (of a stream or river) flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound.
• "large stones stood blackly in the water, making it purl as it rolled around them"
purl
noun
• a purling motion or sound.
• "it was quiet except for the liquid purl of the fountain"
Origin:
early 16th century (denoting a small swirling stream): probably imitative; compare with Norwegian purla ‘bubble up’.
