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Verb: purfle
  1. To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings
     
  2. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white

Derived forms: purfling, purfles, purfled

Encyclopedia: Purfle