purl² /pûrl/

1. To flow with a murmuring sound
2. To flow in eddies
3. To curl or swirl

1. A trickling brook (obsolete)
2. A movement or murmuring eg of a stream among stones
3. An eddy or ripple (also pirl)

purlˈing noun and adjective

• give someone the lie
• give someone the lie in her throat
• give someone the lie in his throat
• give someone the pip
• give someone the slip
• give someone the works
• give something a miss
• give something a whirl
• give something up as a bad job
• give the air
• give the alarm
• give the bucket
• give the cold shoulder
• give the devil his due
• give the elbow
• give the game away
• give the gun
• give the heave
• give the heave-ho
• give the lie to
• give the meeting
• give the needle to
• give the push
• give the reins to
• give the runaround