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▪ I. purfled, ppl. a.1 (ˈpɜːf(ə)ld) [f. prec. + -ed1.] 1. Bordered; esp. having a decorative or ornamental border; bordered with embroidery, gold lace, fur, etc.; fringed; in vaguer use, embroidered, decorated. Also fig.c 1470 Compl. Christ 284 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 178 What shalle than pro...
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purfly
ˈpurfly, a. ? Sc. rare. = purfled ppl. a.21832 Carlyle Misc. Ess., Johnson (1872) IV. 94 The purfly, sandblind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible! 1832 ― Note Bk. 18 Jan., in Froude Life (1882) II. 231 A very large, pu...
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Nicola Amati
Well curved, long-cornered, and strongly and cleanly purfled, these instruments represent perhaps the height of elegance in violin making, and were characterized
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purfle
▪ I. purfle, n. (ˈpɜːf(ə)l) Forms: 4 porfyl, -fil, purf(i)el, 4–5 purfil(e, -fyle, 4–6 -fyl, 5–6 -fell, -full, 6 -ful, -fyll, -fele, -phell, 6– purfle. Also (in sense 2) 6 purflue; (in sense 3) 7 porfil(e, -phile, 7–8 pourfil. See also profile. [a. OF. porfil (c 1215 in Godef.), later pourfil (1316,...
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trailed
trailed, ppl. a. (treɪld) [f. trail v.1 + -ed1.] 1. Drawn behind, dragged along on a surface, etc. (see the verb); Mil. carried at the trail, as a pike or rifle; in quot. 1797, made by trailing something.1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xlii. 169 After them followed forty other Chariots,..full..of..A...
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Violin construction and mechanics
Backs are also purfled, but in their case the purfling is less structurally important than for the top.
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purl
▪ I. purl, n.1 (pɜːl) Forms: 6 pyrl(e, 6–9 purle, 7– purl (9, in senses 2, 5, also pearl: see pearl n.4). [In sense 1, app. orig. pyrl(e, f. pyrl(e, pirl v. to twist (‘I pyrle wyer of golde or syluer’ Palsgr.). As to the other senses see Note below.] I. 1. Thread or cord made of twisted gold or silv...
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glitter
▪ I. glitter, n.1 (ˈglɪtə(r)) [f. the vb.] 1. Glittering or sparkling light; brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendour. See also aglitter adv.1602 Marston Antonio's Rev. i. ii, Tinsill glitter, or rich purfled robes..Are not the true adornements of a wife. 1667 Milton P.L. x. 452 With what permissiv...
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liripoop
ˈliripipe, ˈliripoop Obs. ex. Hist. Forms: 6–7 liripoope, 6 liripope, lerripoop, leerypoope, liri-, lyri-, leripup, 7 lyripoope, lirry-poop(e, leerepoop, luripup, lirripippes, 9 (liripipy), liripipe. [ad. med.L. liripipium, leropipium, explained in glosses as ‘tippet of a hood’, ‘cord’, ‘shoe-lace’,...
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satin
▪ I. satin, n. (and a.) (ˈsætɪn) Forms: 4–5 satyne, -ine, 4–6 satyn, sat(t)on, 5 sathan, 5–6 saten, sateyn, 5–7 sattyn, 5–8 satten, 6 satte(i)ne, sat(t)an, satyng, Sc. saiting, satteing, salting, 6–8 sattin(e, 6– satin. [a. F. satin (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.; the supposed popular OF. form saïn, cited ...
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stripe
▪ I. stripe, n.1 Sc. (straɪp) Also: α. 6 strip, 5–8 stryp(e, 7 stryip; β. 7 streape, 9 streap. [Prob. cogn. w. strip n.2, stripe n.3; cf. WFlem. strip a running stream of liquid, e.g. of milk from a teat. Cf. OIrish sribh stream.] A small stream, a rivulet, rill.c 1440 Reg. Aberd. (Maitland Club) I....
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assay
▪ I. assay, n. (əˈseɪ) Forms: 4 assai, 4–5 asay(e, 4–7 assaie, assaye, 6 a saie, assey(e, 4– assay. Also aphetic say, and refashioned essay, q.v. [a. OF. assai, assay, var. of essai, essay, cogn. with Pr. essai, assai, assag, Sp. asayo, Cat. assatg, It. assaggio (also Cat. ensatg, ensaig, Sp. ensayo...
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