[purl] 
| 1. | to knit with a reverse stitch. |
| 2. | to finish with loops or a looped edging. |
| 3. | a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def. 11). |
| 4. | one of a series of small loops along the edge of lace braid. |
| 5. | thread made of twisted gold or silver wire. |
[purl] | 1. | to flow with curling or rippling motion, as a shallow stream does over stones. |
| 2. | to flow with a murmuring sound. |
| 3. | to pass in a manner or with a sound likened to this. |
| 4. | the action or sound of purling. |
| 5. | a circle or curl made by the motion of water; ripple; eddy. |
| purl 1 (pûrl) intr.v. purled, purl·ing, purls To flow or ripple with a murmuring sound. n. The sound made by rippling water. [Probably of Scandinavian origin.] |
| purl 2 also pearl (pûrl) v. purled also pearled, purl·ing also pearl·ing, purls also pearls v. tr.
[Origin unknown.] |