Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purfle \Pur"fle\, v. t. [OF. pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread,
   L. filum. See {Profile}, and cf. {Purl} a border.]
   1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to
      embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to
      purfle with blue and white. --P. Plowman.

            A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold
            and pearl of rich assay.              --Spenser.

   2. (Her.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the
      like; also, with gold studs or mountings.

Purfle \Pur"fle\, Purflew \Pur"flew\, n.
   1. A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.

   2. (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur.