Curl \Curl\ (k[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k[^u]rld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan.
   kr["o]lle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to
   E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller.]
   1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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            But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
                                                  --Cascoigne.
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   2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.
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            Of his tortuous train,
            Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.
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            Thicker than the snaky locks
            That curledMeg[ae]ra.                 --Milton.
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            Curling with metaphors a plain intention. --Herbert.
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   4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
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            Seas would be pools without the brushing air
            To curl the waves.                    --Dryden.
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   5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
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	Curling \Curl"ing\, n.
   1. 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.
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   2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
      are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
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            Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and
            played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to
            another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a
            hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at
            top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as
            near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his
            partner, which has been well laid before, or to
            strike off that of his antagonist.    --Pennant
                                                  (Tour in
                                                  Scotland.
                                                  1772).
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   Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling
      the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also
      curler[4].
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	curling
    adj 1: of hair having curls [syn: curled, curling]
    n 1: a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are
         slid toward a target