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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inverted knitting stitch, created by pulling a loop of yarn from the front of the fabric to the back through a previous stitch.
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- verb make with purl stitches
- noun a basic knitting stitch
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