purling

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of purl
2. adjective That purls; rippling, eddying.
3. noun The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.

   the purlings of the stream

Similar words

whirlpool swirl whirl gurge eddy purl stitch rill burbly popply tinkling

Often followed by

streams stream of brook brooks and rill over rills

Word family

purl purled purls