Definition of curl

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Curl (v. i.) 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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Chervil :: Chervil (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads..
Curling :: Curling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cur.
Endive :: Endive (n.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad..
Crispation :: Crispation (n.) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled..
Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..
Woolly :: Woolly (a.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool..
Tressed :: Tressed (a.) Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled.
Encrisped :: Encrisped (a.) Curled.
Calamistrate :: Calamistrate (v. i.) To curl or friz, as the hair..
Calamistration :: Calamistration (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.
Savoy :: Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use..
Helicine :: Helicine (a.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.
Wool :: Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..
Earlock :: Earlock (n.) A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.
Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..
Hudsonian :: Hudsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew..
Curl :: Curl (n.) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To play at the game called curling.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
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