'Curling' definitions:

Definition of 'curling'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of hair having curls [syn: curled, curling]
noun
A game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

Definition of 'Curling'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. --Cascoigne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body. [1913 Webster]
  • Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. [1913 Webster]
  • Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg[ae]ra. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Curling with metaphors a plain intention. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. [1913 Webster]
  • Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Curling'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark. [1913 Webster]
  • 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). [1913 Webster]
  • Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also curler[4]. [1913 Webster]

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