See Also: purl(medicine)
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purl(1) (iou)



purl noun1. In senses 2, 4 also pearl. LME.
[Perh. symbolic: cf. PIRL verb. In sense 4 perh. a different word.]
I.
Thread or cord of twisted gold or silver wire, used esp. for edging; edging etc. made from this. LME.
(Any of) a series of minute loops or twists worked in lace, braid, etc., esp. as an ornamental edging; lace, braid, etc., made with such loops or twists. L16.
A pleat or fold of a ruff or band; a frill. L16-M17.
II.
A knitting stitch made by putting a needle through the front of the corresponding stitch of the previous row and behind the needle on which this row is held and passing the yarn from the front round the back of the first needle (also purl stitch); knitting using this stitch (also purl knitting). M17.