purfle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to finish with an ornamental border.
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to decorate (a shrine or tabernacle) with architectural forms in miniature.
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Etymology
Origin of purfle
1275–1325; Middle English purfilen < Middle French porfiler to make or adorn a border, equivalent to por- pro 1 + filer to spin, derivative of fil thread < Latin fīlum. See profile
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He made some good instruments, but did not purfle them.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce
Hast aught plotting in the hem of thy purfle, or in thy holiday ruff and fardingale?
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
This toll was established because sir Crudor, with whom she was in love, refused to marry her till she had provided him with human hair sufficient to "purfle a mantle" with.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Alive or dead, Riton used them despitefully; for it was his wont to shave the beards of these kings, and purfle therewith a cloak of furs that he wore, very rich.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
This habit, however, is more noticeable in other passages where we come upon cilice, 467 egromancy, 468 verdurous, 469 vergier, 470 rondure, 471 purfled, 472 &c.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
Made violins of rather small model, somewhat high built, rich yellow varnish, and sometimes double purfled.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce
All Fiddles purfled with whalebone are dubbed "Jacobs," and no other maker is credited with using such purfling.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
Any instrument having ornamentations on the back in the shape of purfled scroll-work is at once said to be by Paolo Maggini.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
Double purfled violins seem never to have left his hands, as none appear to be extant and no mention is made of any.
From Antonio Stradivari by Horace William Petherick
This is particularly noticeable when the arching springs rather abruptly from a narrow channel and near the purfling, or the rise commences from the border without channelling.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
On all of these instruments will be found his name, surrounded with a design in purfling, under the finger-board, or his monogram executed in purfling.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
The purfling of the brothers Amati is very beautifully executed.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
The heat causes the damp to evaporate and steam the materials, and the purfling will gradually assume the required curve.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
The purfling is a trifle wider, but narrower than that afterwards used.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
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