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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Amboyna Wood :: Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc..
Trundletail :: Trundletail (n.) A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail..
Whitterick :: Whitterick (n.) The curlew.
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..
Thick-knee :: Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.
Sabrebill :: Sabrebill (n.) The curlew.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees..
Frizzle :: Frizzle (n.) A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Chervil :: Chervil (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
Crab :: Crab (n.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body..
Upcurl :: Upcurl (v. t.) To curl up.
Curle :: Curle (pl. ) of Curi.
Frisure :: Frisure (n.) The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling.
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..
Curled :: Curled (a.) Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course)..
Curlingly :: Curlingly (adv.) With a curl, or curls..
Curl :: Curl (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..
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