a. Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. caracole. ] Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue.
To cut a curlycue,
I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a shrubby clematis (Clematis ochreleuca) of eastern US having curly foliage.
a. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. caracole. ] Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue.
To cut a curlycue,
I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a shrubby clematis (Clematis ochreleuca) of eastern US having curly foliage.