<span class="searchmatch">purfled</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>...
From un- + <span class="searchmatch">purfled</span>. unpurfled (not comparable) Not <span class="searchmatch">purfled</span>....
purfling, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">purfled</span>) (transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span> or ornamental border; to border. 1485...
<span class="searchmatch">purfles</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>...
The purfling on this violin is exceptionally beautiful. (heraldry) An ornament consisting of <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>. purfling present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>...
See <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>. purfile (plural purfiles) (obsolete) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; bobbinwork. Part or all of this entry...
pearlings plural of pearling Probably a corruption of purflings. See <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>. pearlins pearlings pl (plural only) (archaic, Scotland) A kind of lace of...
From <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span> + -y. purfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly) (archaic, rare) Wrinkled. Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also...
(“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of <span class="searchmatch">purfle</span>. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊfaɪl/ (Indic) IPA(key):...
[…], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13: <span class="searchmatch">Purfled</span> with gold and pearl of rich assay. The act or process of ascertaining the...