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Purfle
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. P. Plowman. A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay. Spenser.
2. To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.