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Purling vs Purfling - What's the difference?

purling | purfling |

As verbs the difference between purling and purfling

is that purling is present participle of lang=en while purfling is present participle of purfle.

As nouns the difference between purling and purfling

is that purling is the motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound while purfling is two very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline. Double, painted-on and decorative patterns of purfling are also found.

As an adjective purling

is that purls; rippling, eddying.

purling

English

Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That purls; rippling, eddying.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.6:
  • *:They have sometimes caused an high steepy mountaine to arise in the midst of the sayd Amphitheaters, all over-spred with fruitfull and flourishing trees of all sortes, on the top whereof gushed out streames of water as from out the source of a purling spring.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound
    • the purlings of the stream

    purfling

    English

    (wikipedia purfling)

    Noun

    (purflings)
  • (music, chiefly, lutherie) Two very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline. Double, painted-on and decorative patterns of purfling are also found.
    • The purfling on this violin is exceptionally beautiful.

    Verb

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