Definitions
1.verbTo decorate with fringe or embroidered edge"Needlework purled with gold."
2.verbAn inverted stitch producing ribbing etc"Knit one, purl two."
3.verbTo upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong."The huntsman was purled from his horse."
4.verbTo flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
5.verbTo rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
6.nounThe motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound."the purlings of the stream"
7.adjectiveThat purls; rippling, eddying.