Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
purfle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also
bobbinwork .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A sort of ancient
trimming oftinsel andthread for women'sgowns ;bobbinwork .
Etymologies
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See purfle.
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Examples
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Well-a-day, but there must have been many a yard of velvet in that chapel, and an whole army of beasts ermines must have laid their lives down to purfile [trim with fur] the same!
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Whether he o'er the Alps his way purfile The mighty Ca&far's monuments to view, '
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