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Purfile

Pur"file\, n. [See Purfle.] A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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