purl

1. (archaic) To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.Examples: "The huntsman was purled from his horse."archaic

1. (intransitive) To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.Examples: "Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, / Louder and louder purl the falling rills."; "There is a water-break formed by a small terrace of rock in mid-stream, and purling with a hollow, delicious monotone—an island of pebbles is above, with here and there smaller ones near the "forks.""; "At seven minutes past four, while a Bach sonata was purling under the din of the crowd, the President's reaching hand was struck aside, and a man lurched forward. Two shots cracked sharply. There was a moment of dead silence."intransitive

1. (archaic) Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.Examples: "A double mug of purle."Britisharchaicdialectaluncountable

2. (archaic) Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.Examples: "Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite."; "Drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes."Britisharchaicdialectaluncountable

1. (UK, dialect) A tern.BritishUKdialectal