Purl Meaning in Spanish

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1. (n.) A tern.
2. (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.
3. (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
4. (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
5. (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
6. (v. i.) 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.
7. (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
8. (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
9. (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Purl

1. (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.
2. (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

1. (n.) Alt. of Purline

1. (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

1. (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purl

1. (v. t.) To take or carry away for ones self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
2. (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Purloin

1. (n.) One who purloins.