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Word: purl
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Meaning:
Noun:
- a heavy or headlong fall, an upset
- A particular stitch in knitting.
- (archaic) formerly ale spiced with wormwood and sometimes warmed.
- the edge of lace trimmed with loops
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Verb:
- archaic to upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong
- intransitive to flow with murmuring sound in swirls and eddies
- ''(knitting)'' an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
- To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
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