资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills,
            Louder and louder purl the falling rills. --Pope.

   2. [Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See {Pearl}, v. &
      n.] To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl;
      to mantle.

            thin winding breath which purled up to the sky.
                                                  --Shak.

Purling \Purl"ing\, n. [See 3d {Purl}.]
   The motion of a small stream running among obstructions;
   also, the murmur it makes in so doing.