1) Basic knitting stitch 2) Brook sound 3) Eddy gently 4) Eddy or ripple 5) Edge with lace 6) Finish lace 7) Finish with loops 8) Gold or silver wire thread 9) Inverse of a knit stitch 10) Invert a stitch 11) Kind of knitting stitch 12) Knit alternative 13) Knit in reverse 14) Knit opposite 15) Knit partner
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1) Eddy 2) Knit
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- gold or silver wire thread
- a basic knitting stitch
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hot beer mixed with gin
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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 It was originally made by infusing ale with the tops of the wormwood plant, especially the variety which grows in coastal salt marsh, which is called old woman.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 commonly drunk in the early hours of the morning at...
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• (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 wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, ...
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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. F. Perler to pearl, to bead. See Pearl] To rise i...
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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.
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Purl intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Purled ;
present participle & verbal noun Purling .] [ Confer Swedish
porla , and English
pur to murmur as a cat.]
1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flow...
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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. Sidney. 2. An inversion of stitches in...
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Purl transitive verb [ Contr. from
purfile ,
purfle . See
Purfle .] To decorate with fringe or embroidery. 'Nature's cradle more enchased and
purled .'
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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 would often be sold on the canals and waterways by tra...
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[
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
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purl stitch noun a basic knitting stitch
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to knit with a reverse stitch. · to finish with loops or a looped edging.
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