purling

== English == === Verb === purling present participle and gerund of purl === Adjective === purling (comparative more purling, superlative most purling) That purls; rippling, eddying. 2018, Clay S. Jenkinson, Jefferson's Second American Revolution, in: The Jefferson Watch, December 18 2018 [Thomas Jefferson] was up near the source of the River of America, near the Three Forks, while we are downstream from New Orleans in a broad, deep, incredibly powerful river that often feels more like a sewer than a purling mountain stream. === Noun === purling (plural purlings) The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound. the purlings of the stream