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"Purl" Quotes from Famous Books

... an hour sat the shikarree watching every ruffle upon the water, and every motion of the floats, but no movement, either of wood or water, seemed to indicate that there were fish in the lake. Once or twice there appeared a little "purl" on the surface, near the line of the floats, and Ossaroo fancied he had made a "take" of it; but, on wading in and examining the net, not a fin could be found, and he had to wade out again with empty hands. These "purls" were occasioned either by very small fish passing through the meshes, or ...

— The Plant Hunters - Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains • Mayne Reid

... coaches, drays, choked turnpikes, and a whirl Of wheels, and roar of voices, and confusion, Here taverns wooing to a pint of 'purl,' There mails fast ...

— Newton Forster • Frederick Marryat

... grave Nestor stand, As't were encouraging the Greeks to fight; Making such sober action with his hand That it beguiled attention, charm'd the sight: In speech, it seem'd, his beard, all silver white, Wagg'd up and down, and from his lips did fly Thin winding breath, which purl'd up to the sky. ...

— The Rape of Lucrece • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

Words linked to "Purl" : embroider, noise, course, flow, feed, make noise, resound, run, broider, knitting stitch, handicraft, knit, thread, yarn