different between pirl vs purl
pirl
English
Etymology
The verb is from the 16th century. Origin uncertain; related to purl, pirn, prill (OED; more at pern, preen).The noun was derived from the verb in the 19th century.
Verb
pirl (third-person singular simple present pirls, present participle pirling, simple past and past participle pirled)
- (transitive) To twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.
- (intransitive) To ripple or swirl, especially of water.
- (transitive) To cause to revolve or spin.
Noun
pirl (plural pirls)
- A ripple; a twist or curl.
Anagrams
- -pril, LRIP
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purl
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??l/, [p????]
- (US) IPA(key): /p?l/, [p???]
- Rhymes: -??(r)l
- Homophone: pearl
Etymology 1
Unknown; apparently related to Scots and dialect pirl (“twist, ripple, whirl, spin”), and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetian pirlo, an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.
Noun
purl (plural purls)
- A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
- The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
- 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.
Translations
Verb
purl (third-person singular simple present purls, present participle purling, simple past and past participle purled)
- To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
- Needlework purled with gold.
- (knitting) an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
- Knit one, purl two.
Etymology 2
from Middle English pirle (“whirligig”), Middle Italian pirla (“whipping top”).
Noun
purl (plural purls)
- a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
Verb
purl (third-person singular simple present purls, present participle purling, simple past and past participle purled)
- (archaic) To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
- The huntsman was purled from his horse.
Related terms
- purler
Etymology 3
From Old Norse purla (“to babble”), possibly ultimately from an imitative Germanic base related to Dutch polder, Norwegian puldra (“to gush”) and pulla (“to bubble”), Old English polr (“marsh”).
Verb
purl (third-person singular simple present purls, present participle purling, simple past and past participle purled)
- (intransitive) To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
Noun
purl (plural purls)
- (Britain, dialect) A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
- 1596, Michael Drayton, Mortimeriados
- Whose streame an easie breath doth seeme to blowe; Which on the sparkling grauell runns in purles,
, As though the waues had been of siluer curles
- Whose streame an easie breath doth seeme to blowe; Which on the sparkling grauell runns in purles,
- 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year
- The purls flowing from the fountain of life.
- 1596, Michael Drayton, Mortimeriados
- (Britain, dialect) A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
- the purl of a brook
Translations
References
Etymology 4
Possibly from the pearl-like appearance caused by bubbles on the surface of the liquid.
Noun
purl (uncountable)
- (archaic) Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
- 1711, The Spectator, number 88
- A double mug of purle.
- 1711, The Spectator, number 88
- (archaic) Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
- Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite.
- Drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes.
Etymology 5
Noun
purl (plural purls)
- (Britain, dialect) A tern.
Anagrams
- PLUR, plur.
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