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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Curl :: Curl (n.) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
Frizzle :: Frizzle (n.) A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
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..
Curled :: Curled (a.) Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course)..
Calamistration :: Calamistration (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.
Beaucatcher :: Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
Curl :: Curl (n.) To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament..
Chestnut :: Chestnut (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls..
Wreath :: Wreath (n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers..
Raven :: Raven (a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness..
Friz :: Friz (n.) That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle..
Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..
Hudsonian :: Hudsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew..
Encrisped :: Encrisped (a.) Curled.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Whimbrel :: Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix..
Upwreath :: Upwreath (v. i.) To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke..
Uncurl :: Uncurl (v. t.) To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly..
Favorite :: Favorite (n.) Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
Beach Comber :: Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber..
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