PUR'FLE, verb transitive To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; as, to purfle with blue and white, or with gold and pearl. PUR'FLE
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PUR'FLE, verb transitive To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; as, to purfle with blue and white, or with gold and pearl. PUR'FLE
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