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

\Curl\, v. i.
1. 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.
         Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature.
                                               --Shak.
2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in
   curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl
   or curls. ``Cirling billows.'' --Dryden.
         Then round her slender waist he curled. --Dryden.
         Curling smokes from village tops are seen. --Pope.
         Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow.
                                               --Byron.
         He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on
         the floor.                            --Bret Harte.
3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]

\Curl\ (k[^u]rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr["o]lle. See
{Curl}, v. ]
1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or
   winding form.
         Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either
         cheek played.                         --Milton.
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance,
   as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
         If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those
         numberless waves or curls which usually arise from
         the sand holes.                       --Sir I.
                                               Newton.
3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first
   appearance, seem curled and shrunken.
{Blue curls}. (Bot.) See under {Blue}.