Entry: purling (v.)
In context: "Arms purling, T-shirt darkly V'd, face and forehead ever gleaming."
Definition: The closest I can find is purling (adj.):
That purls, as a rivulet or stream; eddying, rippling; murmuring.
Other:
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 386
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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