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Purl

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
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.VerbTo use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
"Knit one, purl two.; Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows."
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.VerbTo flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
9.VerbTo rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
10.NounA circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
11.NounA gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
"the purl of a brook"
12.NounAle or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
13.NounHot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
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