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noun Purl n. 1.An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. "A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched withpurl and pearl." 2.An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance. Purl stitch. Same as Purl, n., 2.
Stitch n. 1.A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2.A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. 3.A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. "You have gone a good stitch." "In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows." 4.A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. "He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy." 5.A contortion, or twist. (Obs.) "If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry." 6.Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. (Colloq.) 8.An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc. Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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