Meaning of Purl | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
2. a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
3. A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
   British, dialectal
4. Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
   British, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
5. The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
6. A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
   British, dialectal
7. Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
   British, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
8. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

Equivalents

Examples

“A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.”

The New Arcadia

“Caiſters ſiluer Lake, / […] / VVhoſe ſtreame an eaſie breath doth ſeeme to blovve; / VVhich on the ſparkling grauell runns in purles, / As though the vvaues had been of ſiluer curles.”

“Whatsoever had a beginning, can also have an ending; and it shall die, unless it be daily watered with the purls flowing from the fountain of life, and refreshed with the dew of heaven, and the wells of God: […]”

“the purl of a brook”

“A double mug of purle.”

“Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite.”

“Drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes.”

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