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purl
UK /pɜːl/ US /pɝl/
noun 8verb 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
louder
VERB + PURL
enriched, knit
PURL + NOUN
pearl, rills
PREP.
with
Definitions
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.
A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.
verb
1
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
Needlework purled with gold.
2
To 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.
noun
1
a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
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A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.
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Needlework purled with gold.
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Knit one, purl two.
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Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows.
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The huntsman was purled from his horse.
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Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, / Louder and louder purl the falling rills.
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