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Webster 1913 Edition
Curling
Curl′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act or state of that which curls;
as, the
; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats. curling
of smoke when it rises; the curling
of a ringlet2.
A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
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).
Curling irons
, Curling tong
an instrument for curling the hair; – commonly heated when used. Called also
curler{4}
.Webster 1828 Edition
Curling
CURLING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
Curling
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See also: Curling
English
a curling rink
Noun
curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)
- The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
- Shackerley Marmion
- Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
And your face smooth with ointments […]
- Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
- curlings of smoke
- a scornful curling of the lip
- Shackerley Marmion
- (uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).
Coordinate terms
Translations
sports
Verb
curling
- present participle of curl
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
curling
Declension
| Inflection of curling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | curling | — | |
| genitive | curlingin | — | |
| partitive | curlingia | — | |
| illative | curlingiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | curling | — | |
| accusative | nom. | curling | — |
| gen. | curlingin | ||
| genitive | curlingin | — | |
| partitive | curlingia | — | |
| inessive | curlingissa | — | |
| elative | curlingista | — | |
| illative | curlingiin | — | |
| adessive | curlingilla | — | |
| ablative | curlingilta | — | |
| allative | curlingille | — | |
| essive | curlingina | — | |
| translative | curlingiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | curlingitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
- (sport): kurlaus (informal)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Noun
curling m (uncountable)
- curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)