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n. [ Akin to D. krul, Dan. krölle. See Curl, v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under a coronet, his flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Curled p. pr. & vb. n. Curling. ] [ Akin to D. krullen, Dan. krölle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller. ] 1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMegæra. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curling with metaphors a plain intention. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou seest it [ hair ] will not curl by nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. “Cirling billows.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then round her slender waist he curled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play at the game called curling. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course). [ 1913 Webster ]

Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being curled; curliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, curls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A player at the game called curling. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small cylindrical object sometimes having a clamping attachment, around which hair is wound so as to produce curls; as, she slept all night with a head full of curlers. [ PJC ]

4. an electrical appliance with a handle and a metal rod-shaped tip which is heated and around which hair is wound, to produce curls in the hair; -- called also curling iron. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light. ] (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian (Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew. --
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix. [ 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. [ Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue. ] [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being curly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Curled p. pr. & vb. n. Curling. ] [ Akin to D. krullen, Dan. krölle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller. ] 1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMegæra. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curling with metaphors a plain intention. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou seest it [ hair ] will not curl by nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. “Cirling billows.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then round her slender waist he curled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play at the game called curling. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course). [ 1913 Webster ]

Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being curled; curliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, curls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A player at the game called curling. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small cylindrical object sometimes having a clamping attachment, around which hair is wound so as to produce curls; as, she slept all night with a head full of curlers. [ PJC ]

4. an electrical appliance with a handle and a metal rod-shaped tip which is heated and around which hair is wound, to produce curls in the hair; -- called also curling iron. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light. ] (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian (Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew. --
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix. [ 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. [ Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue. ] [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being curly. [ 1913 Webster ]