purl
- Noun. A particular stitch in knitting.
- Noun. the edge of lace trimmed with loops.
- Verb. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge.
- Verb. (knitting) an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc.
- Noun. a heavy or headlong fall, an upset.
- Verb. (archaic) to upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
- Verb. (intransitive) to flow with murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- Noun. (archaic) formerly ale spiced with wormwood and sometimes warmed.
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