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

• foliar
• foliar feed
• foliate
• foliated
• foliates
• foliating
• foliation
• foliations
• foliature
• foliatures
• folic acid
• folie
• folie de doute
• folie de grandeur
• folies
• folie à deux
• folio
• folioed
• folioing
• foliolate
• foliole
• folioles
• foliolose
• folios
• foliose