purfle
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Is purfle a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (heraldry) An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.Examples: "Adumbration (or Transparency) is a clear Exemption of the Substance of the Charge, so that there remaineth only the outward Strokes or Purfle of a Thing;"; "Cross […] has its extremities ending in a flower of three leaves, or flower-de-luces, with a purfle, or line between them and the ends of the cross."
verb (English)
1. (transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.Examples: "And this was his message gretynge wel kynge Arthur in this manere wyse sayenge / that kynge Ryons had discomfyte and ouercome xj kynges /[…]/ they gaf hym their berdys clene flayne[…]/ wher for the messager came for kyng Arthurs berd / For kyng Ryons had purfyled a mantel with kynges berdes / and there lacked one place of the mantel"; "He had a faire companion of his way, / A goodly Lady, clad in ſcarlot red, / Purfled with gold and pearle of rich aſſay, […]"; "It came to pass on a certain day, as he stood about the street leaning idly upon his crate, behold, there stood before him an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade; her walking shoes were also purfled with gold and her hair floated in long plaits."archaictransitive
2. (heraldry, transitive) To ornament with purfle.Examples: "Crest; a dragon passant proper, wings elevated and purfled gules."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary