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Topic: SEWING AND KNITTING

Date: 1500-1600
Origin: pirl 'to twist' (15-19 centuries)

purl

 noun
     
purl [uncountable]
DLH a type of stitch that you use when you knit (=make clothes from wool)
—purl verb [intransitive and transitive]
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