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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[OF.

pourfiler

;

pour

for +

fil

a thread, L.

filum

. See

, and cf.

a border.]

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.

(Her.)

To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.

Verb.

To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; as, to purfle with blue and white, or with gold and pearl.