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verb

Curl v. t. (past & past part. curled; pres. part. curling)

1.

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. "But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid."

2.

To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body. "Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve."

3.

To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. "Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMegaera." "Curling with metaphors a plain intention."

4.

To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. "Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves."

5.

(Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.

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. "Thou seest it (hair) will not curl by nature."

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." "Then round her slender waist he curled." "Curling smokes from village tops are seen." "Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow." "He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor."

3.

To play at the game called curling. (Scot.)

adjective

Curled adj. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course).

Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes.

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Etymology of 'Curled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Curled" Quotes from Famous Books

... for a quarter of an hour. He looked away—I looked at him—and I noticed that the hair stood up and curled above his forehead in a peculiar way, which, so I have heard from an army doctor who had had a great many wounded pass through his hands, is always a symptom of intense overheating of the brain.... The thought struck me again that fate really ...

— Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories • Ivan Turgenev

... you, Roger, whom I find thus, your hair curled and scented, your neck circled with jewelled chains? Was it for this you passed your boyhood in waging war against fierce beasts, fearing neither hunger nor thirst as you tracked them to their lair? But, as I loved you ...

— The Red Romance Book • Various

... always represented as Castilian, and Castilian of the seventeenth century. It was the same with their costumes. Coriolanus appeared in the costume of Don Juan of Austria, and Aristotle came on the stage dressed like a Spanish Abbe, with curled periwig and buckles on ...

— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta

... shadows on the lawn become vague and indistinct, and finally merge into one haze of dusk. Mr. Linton had been silent for a long time. Norah always knew when her father wanted to talk. This evening she was content to be silent, too, leaning against his knee in her own friendly fashion as she curled up ...

— A Little Bush Maid • Mary Grant Bruce

... I got leave to go ashore to post it. Feeling utterly miserable, I had my hair cut; and, rendered perfectly reckless by my appearance, I consented to have what was left of it tightly curled with a pair of tongs. I cannot say that I shared in any sensible degree the pleasure which this operation seemed to give to the artist. But when I got back to the ship the sight of my adornment kept my messmates in an uproar for the rest of ...

— Tracks of a Rolling Stone • Henry J. Coke

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