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Curl (k&û;rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k&û;rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. kr&ö;lle, 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.
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But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne.
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2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.
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Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. Milton.
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3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.
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Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMegæra. Milton.
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Curling with metaphors a plain intention. Herbert.
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4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
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Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves. Dryden.
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5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
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Curl, 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.
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Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. Shak.
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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.
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Then round her slender waist he curled. Dryden.
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Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope.
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Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron.
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He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte.
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3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]
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Curl (k&û;rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr&ö;lle. See Curl, v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
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Under a coronet, his flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played. Milton.
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2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
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If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. Sir I. Newton.
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3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.
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Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.
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