Definition of curl

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Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..

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Curl :: 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..
Papillote :: Papillote (n.) a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.
Spire :: Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
Beach Comber :: Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber..
Curlew :: Curlew (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill..
Calamistrum :: Calamistrum (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs..
Curliness :: Curliness (n.) State of being curly.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The curling crest of a wave.
Calamistrate :: Calamistrate (v. i.) To curl or friz, as the hair..
Curlingly :: Curlingly (adv.) With a curl, or curls..
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..
Curlycue :: Curlycue (n.) Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper..
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..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Flocculate :: Flocculate (a.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects..
Uncurl :: Uncurl (v. i.) To become uncurled, or straight..
Whaap :: Whaap (n.) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Curling :: Curling (n.) The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats..
Longirostres :: Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division..
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