"purfle" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2003, Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito:\nRemembering the exchange now, Dickie smiled that winning southern-boy smile. Then he went glum again. He thumped the purfled sound board.",
        "2003, Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "2003, Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito:\n"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "2003, Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito:\nRemembering the exchange now, Dickie smiled that winning southern-boy smile. Then he went glum again. He thumped the purfled sound board.",
        "Remembering the exchange now, Dickie smiled that winning southern-boy smile. Then he went glum again. He thumped the purfled sound board."
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Heraldry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1815, John Wilkes, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, page 606",
          "text": "Crest; a dragon passant proper, wings elevated and purfled gules.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ornament with purfle."
      ],
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          "ornament",
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        ],
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          "purfle",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry, transitive) To ornament with purfle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɜːfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɝfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "purflew"
    },
    {
      "word": "purfyle (13th - 15th centuries)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdélyvatʹ kajmój",
      "sense": "(archaic) decorate with ornamental border",
      "word": "отде́лывать каймо́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purfle"
}