purl

Noun

• a basic knitting stitch

• gold or silver wire thread

Verb

• embroider with gold or silver thread

• edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

• knit with a purl stitch

• make a murmuring sound
  • the water was purling
    

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  purl stitch , sough , eddy , whirlpool , swirl , whirl