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Difference between purl and purl

purl

Definitions

verb

  1. make a murmuring sound
  2. flow in a circular current, of liquids
  3. embroider with gold or silver thread
  4. knit with a purl stitch
  5. edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

noun

  1. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stich from the righthand side
  2. gold or silver wire thread

Examples

The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.

Perhaps this dim-bulb mayor, and the MSM in fawning over Klepto Deb, are confusing pragmatist with pilferer or purloiner or maybe larcenist.

The search for a replacement cause brought with it shallow opportunism, the honing of public relations skills and a ragbag of nostrums, some of them purloined from its political opponents.

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