Curling
['kɜːlɪŋ] or ['kɝlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target.
Edited by Ian--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curl
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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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Examples
- She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The boy was a handsome, bright-eyed mulatto, of just Henrique's size, and his curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this young sportsman, distinguished by a crisply curling auburn head and a bluff countenance, the Secretary descried the orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was the precise, crackling, curling roll of automatic rifle fire. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Their most trivial action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tongs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As the wax dropped into the fire a long flame arose from the spot, and curling its tongue round the figure ate still further into its substance. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You needn't do that, said Crispin, curling his lip as he observed the action; we are not going to punish you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was a strongly made man with dark curling hair, from forty-five to fifty years of age. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He has thick curling brown hair and black eyebrows now, and his whiskers are of the deepest purple. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And then you chattered, and she told you---- It was not at curling-hair time, so you are not as wise as you think; and, besides, she didn't tell me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He has long, curling dark hair; he is carefully and cavalierly dressed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When she was quite herself again, and was curling Jip's ears, as he lay upon her lap, I became grave, and said: 'My own! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Do you know, the curling lipand sarcastically levelled glass thus directed, gave me a most curious sensation? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I wish you could see him; he is very tall of his age, with sweet laughing blue eyes, dark eye-lashes, and curling hair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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