Definition of "purling" [purl•ing]

• Present participle of purl. (verb)
• The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound (noun)

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• "This Urban Gardner column incorrectly spelled the term purling as pearling."
• "This is called purling and is done, in the following way: lay the thread over the left needle, and put the right one, downwards from above, behind the thread, into the loop on the left needle, lay the thread upwards from below, over the right needle, draw it through the loop, and drop the loop off the left needle."
• "Slim and I hiked out to a neck of woods just beyond town, and there was the push, a score of husky hobos, charmingly located on the bank of a little purling stream."