Definition of curl

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Curl (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken..

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Crimple :: Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.
Thick-knee :: Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.
Wool :: Wool (n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..
Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..
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..
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..
Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls..
Beaucatcher :: Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
Whitterick :: Whitterick (n.) The curlew.
Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
Frounce :: Frounce (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown..
Woolly :: Woolly (a.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool..
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..
Curler :: Curler (n.) One who, or that which, curls..
Uncurl :: Uncurl (v. i.) To become uncurled, or straight..
Curliness :: Curliness (n.) State of being curly.
Flocculate :: Flocculate (a.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects..
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