'Purling' definitions:
Definition of 'Purling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Purling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See Pearl, v. & n.] To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle. [1913 Webster]
- thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. --Shak. [1913 Webster]