different between purl vs purly
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.
purl From the web:
- what purl in knitting
- what's purley like to live in
- purl meaning
- purloin meaning
- purlin meaning in construction
- what purler mean
- purlieu meaning
- what purlicue meaning
purly
English
Noun
purly
- Obsolete spelling of purlieu [17th c.]
Adverb
purly
- Obsolete spelling of purely [15th-16th c.]
purly From the web:
- what's purley like to live in
- purely mean
- what does poorly mean
- what does no purple mean
- what is purley platform
- is purley a nice place to live
- is purley a good place to live
- is purley a safe place to live
you may also like
- purl vs purly
- purey vs purly
- emits vs ermits
- permits vs ermits
- ermined vs ermines
- ermines vs weasels
- vermins vs verdins
- vermin vs mermin
- mermin vs germin
- mermen vs mermin
- mermin vs merlin
- german vs germin
- germin vs vermin
- germain vs germin
- terms vs ermit
- permit vs ermit
- ermit vs remit
- hermit vs ermit
- emit vs ermit
- terrace vs terrestrial