Definitions
1.nounA particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
2.nounThe edge of lace trimmed with loops.
3.nounAn embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
4.verbTo decorate with fringe or embroidered edge"Needlework purled with gold."
5.verbAn inverted stitch producing ribbing etc"Knit one, purl two."
6.nounA heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
7.verbTo upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong."The huntsman was purled from his horse."
8.nounA circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
9.nounA gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions."the purl of a brook"
10.verbTo flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
11.verbTo rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
12.nounA tern.