PURFLE

purfle|purflew. Purfle, or Purflew, n. a border in embroidered work

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Pur″fle (?), v. t. [[OF. pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread, L. filum. See Profile, and cf. Purl a border.]] 1. 1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. P. Plowman.
A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay. Spenser. 2. 2. (Her.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.