purl

Etymology 1

 * apparently related to Scots and dialect, and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetian , an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.

Noun

 * 1) A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
 * 2) The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
 * 3) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: nurja silmukka
 * French: maille à l’envers
 * German: linke Masche
 * Irish: lúb iompaithe
 * Italian:, punto rovescio
 * Manx: lhoob bun ry skyn

Verb

 * 1) To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
 * Needlework purled with gold.
 * 1)  To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
 * Knit one, purl two.

Etymology 2
from, Middle.

Noun

 * 1) a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

Verb

 * 1)  To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
 * The huntsman was purled from his horse.

Etymology 3
From, possibly ultimately from an  base related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
 * 2) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
 * 1) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
 * 1) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
 * 1) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: lirli
 * Ingrian: šolissa
 * Maori: hīwawā
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: дзюрча́ти, дзюркота́ти, дзюркоті́ти, журча́ти

Noun

 * 1) A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
 * 2) A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
 * 1) A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
 * 1) A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.

Etymology 4
Possibly from the pearl-like appearance caused by bubbles on the surface of the liquid.

Noun

 * 1)  Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
 * 2)  Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
 * 1)  Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

Noun

 * 1)  A tern.