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purled


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Purl  \Purl\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Purled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Purling}.]  [Cf.  Sw  porla,  and  E.  pur  to  murmur  as  a  cat.] 
  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},  v.  & 
  n.]  To  rise  in  circles,  ripples,  or  undulations;  to  curl; 
  to  mantle. 
 
  thin  winding  breath  which  purled  up  to  the  sky. 
  --Shak. 




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