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Purling
(gcide) | Purl \Purl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Purled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Purling.] [Cf. Sw. porla, and E. pur to murmur as a cat.]
1. 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.
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Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills,
Louder and louder purl the falling rills. --Pope.
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2. [Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See Pearl, v. &
n.] To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl;
to mantle.
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thin winding breath which purled up to the sky.
--Shak.
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Purling
(gcide) | Purling \Purl"ing\, n. [See 3d Purl.]
The motion of a small stream running among obstructions;
also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
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Spurling
(gcide) | Spurling \Spur"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n. [See Sparling.] (Zool.)
A tern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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Spurling-line
(gcide) | Spurling-line \Spur"ling-line`\ (-l[imac]n`), n. [Cf. Prov. E.
spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track,
trace, E. spoor, Scot. spurl to sprawl.] (Naut.)
The line which forms the communication between the steering
wheel and the telltale.
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