| Curl (curl) |
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| v. t. | (kûrl) |
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| Curl |
| [imp. *** p. p. Curled (kû]rld);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D.
krullen, Dan. krö]lle, dial. Sw. krulla
to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. |
To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp,
as the hair.
To twist or make onto coils, as a
serpent's body.
To deck with, or as with, curls; to
ornament.
To raise in waves or undulations; to
ripple.
To shape (the
brim) into a curve.
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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.
To move in curves, spirals, or
undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved
form; to make a curl or curls.
To play at the game called
curling.
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| Curl (curl) |
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| n. | (kûrl) |
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| Curl |
| [Akin to D.
krul, Dan. krölle. See Curl,
v. ] |
A ringlet,
especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding
form.
An undulating or waving line or streak
in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure;
sinuosity.
A disease in potatoes, in which the
leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and
shrunken.
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