What does purl mean?

Definitions for purl
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. purlnoun

    gold or silver wire thread

  2. purl, purl stitchverb

    a basic knitting stitch

  3. eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirlverb

    flow in a circular current, of liquids

  4. sough, purlverb

    make a murmuring sound

    "the water was purling"

  5. purlverb

    knit with a purl stitch

  6. purlverb

    edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

  7. purlverb

    embroider with gold or silver thread

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Purlnoun

    Etymology: this is justly supposed by John Minsheu to be contracted from purfle.

    Himself came in next after a triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl. Philip Sidney.

    The jagging of pinks is like the inequality of oak leaves, but they seldom have any small purls. Francis Bacon.

  2. To Purlverb

    To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

    When was old Sherewood’s head more quaintly curl’d,
    Or nature’s cradle more enchas’d and purl’d. Ben Jonson.

  3. To Purlverb

    To murmur; to flow with a gentle noise.

    Etymology: of this word it is doubtful what is the primitive signification; if it is refered originally to the appearance of a quick stream, which is always dimpled on the surface, it may come from purl, a pucker or fringe; but if, as the use of authors seem to show, it relates to the sound, it must be derived from porla, Swedish, to murmur, according to Mr. Edward Lye.

    Tones are not so apt to procure sleep, as some other sounds; as the wind, the purling of water, and humming of bees. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    Instruments that have returns, as trumpets; or flexions, as cornets; or are drawn up, and put from, as sacbuts, have a purling sound; but the recorder or flute, that have none of these inequalities, give a clear sound. Francis Bacon.

    All fish from sea or shore,
    Freshet, or purling brook, or shell or fin. John Milton.

    My flow’ry theme,
    A painted mistress, or a purling stream. Alexander Pope.

    Around th’ adjoining brook, that purls along
    The vocal grove, now fretting o’er a rock. James Thomson.

Wikipedia

  1. PURL

    A persistent uniform resource locator (PURL) is a uniform resource locator (URL) (i.e., location-based uniform resource identifier or URI) that is used to redirect to the location of the requested web resource. PURLs redirect HTTP clients using HTTP status codes. Originally, PURLs were recognizable for being hosted at purl.org or other hostnames containing purl. Early on many of those other hosts used descendants of the original OCLC PURL system software. Eventually, however, the PURL concept came to be generic and was used to designate any redirection service (named PURL resolver) that: has a "root URL" as the resolver reference (e.g. http://myPurlResolver.example); provides means, to its user-community, to include new names in the root URL (e.g. http://myPurlResolver.example/name22); provides means to associate each name with its URL (to be redirected), and to update this redirection-URL; ensure the persistence (e.g. by contract) of the root URL and the PURL resolver services.PURLs are used to curate the URL resolution process, thus solving the problem of transitory URIs in location-based URI schemes like HTTP. Technically the string resolution on PURL is like SEF URL resolution. The remainder of this article is about the OCLC's PURL system, proposed and implemented by OCLC (the Online Computer Library Center).

ChatGPT

  1. purl

    In knitting, "purl" is a stitching technique that creates a wavy, textured surface on the fabric. It is essentially the reverse of a knit stitch. The term can also be used as a noun referring to a single stitch created using this technique. Additionally, in context of water or drinks, "purl" can refer to the sound or motion of a gentle flow.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Purlverb

    to decorate with fringe or embroidery

  2. Purlnoun

    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. Purlnoun

    an inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance

  4. Purlverb

    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

  5. Purl

    to rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle

  6. Purlnoun

    a circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple

  7. Purlnoun

    a gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook

  8. Purlnoun

    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

  9. Purlnoun

    a tern

  10. Etymology: [See 3d Purl.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Purl

    purl, v.i. to flow with a murmuring sound, as a stream over small stones: to ripple: to flow in eddies: to curl or swirl.—v.t. to whirl about: to unseat.—n. a soft murmuring sound, as of a stream among stones: an eddy or ripple.—n. Purl′ing, the act of flowing with a gentle, murmuring sound: the murmuring sound of a small stream. [Prob. freq. of purr; cf. Sw. porla, Ger. perlen, to bubble.]

  2. Purl

    purl, v.t. to fringe with a waved edging, as lace: to invert stitches.—n. an embroidered border: a hem or fringe of twisted gold or silver thread: a ribbed or wavy appearance caused by inverted stitches: a kind of 16th-cent. lace. [Purfle.]

  3. Purl

    purl, n. ale warmed and spiced.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PURL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Purl is ranked #50771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Purl surname appeared 411 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Purl.

    87.1% or 358 total occurrences were White.
    3.8% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
    3.6% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.9% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of purl in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of purl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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