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Look up: PURL


  1. Purl
    Purl is a hot beer flavoured with gin, sugar and ginger. It was originally beer or ale mixed with gin, wormwood, or other bitter herbs, but the recipe changed towards the end of the 19th century. It was popular in England around the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, and woul...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/QP.HTM

  2. purl
    [n] - gold or silver wire thread 2. [n] - a basic knitting stitch 3. [v] - knit with a purl stitch 4. [v] - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery 5. [v] - embroider with gold or silver thread 6. [v] - make a murmuring sound
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=purl

  3. PURL
    Persistent URL
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. purl
    Coiled, gold or silver coloured wire often tinted in shades of blue or green, used to form foliage on 17thC embroidered pictures. The hollow wire was coiled by winding it tightly around a thin rod, then cut into short pieces. These were then sewn in place like beads.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  5. Purl
    Purl transitive verb [ Contr. from purfile , purfle . See Purfle .] To decorate with fringe or embroidery. 'Nature's cradle more enchased and purled .' B. Jonson.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/198

  6. Purl
    Purl noun 1. 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.» Sir P. Si...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/198

  7. Purl
    Purl intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Purled ; present participle & verbal noun Purling .] [ Confer Swedish porla , and English pur to murmur as a cat.] 1....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/198

  8. Purl
    Purl noun [ See 3d Purl .] 1. A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. « Whose stream an easy breath doth seem to blow, Which on the sparkling gravel runs in purles , As though the waves had been of silver cu...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/198



  1. purl
    1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions. 'Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills.' (Pope) ... 2. [Perh. Fr....
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?purl

  2. purl
    purl stitch noun a basic knitting stitch
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=purl

  3. Purl
    • (n.) A tern. • (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. • (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. • (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/purl/

  4. purl
    1. gold or silver wire thread
    2. a basic knitting stitch

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  5. purl
    hot beer mixed with gin
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html

  6. Purl
    Purl or wormwood ale is an English drink. It was originally made by infusing ale with the tops of the wormwood plant, especially the variety which grows in coastal salt marsh, which is called old woman. Other purgative or bitter herbs such as orange peel or senna might also be used. The drink was c...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purl

  7. Purl
    [disambiguation] Purl is a drink. Purl may also refer to: == See also == ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purl_(disambiguation)

  8. purl
    1) Basic knitting stitch 2) Brook sound 3) Finish with loops 4) Invert a stitch 5) Knit alternative 6) Knit and ... 7) Knit one ... two 8) Knit one, ... two 9) Knit opposite 10) Knit partner 11) Knit with a reverse stitch
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/purl/1

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