Curl: alternatives and connections

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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A twist; a convolution.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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The covering of a flower. See Flower.

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The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually…

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A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.

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A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some cl…

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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See Friz, v. t. & n.

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To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.

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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.

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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

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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.

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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.

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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

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See Waive.

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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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