To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
Needlework purled with gold.
An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
Knit one, purl two.
To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
The huntsman was purled from his horse.
To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.
the purlings of the stream
That purls; rippling, eddying.