curl
n. சுருளுதல், சுருள்வு, சுருண்ட நிலை, அலை வளைவு, சுழி, சுழல், திருகு சுருள், சுரிகுழல், சுரிமயிர்க்குழல், பனிச்சை, இலைகள் சுருள வைக்கும் செடிநோய் வகை, உருளைக்கிழங்குச் செடி நோய்வகை, (வி.) சுரிமயிர்க் குழலாக்கு, திருக்கு, சுருட்டு, வளைந்து செல்லச் செய், அலையதிர்வுறுத்து, சுரி, சுருண்டு சுருங்கு, நௌத, அலையுதிர்வுறு, சுழி, சுழல், பனித்தளத்தில் கற் சறுக்காட்டமாடு.
Curl (krl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (krld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] Etym: [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. kr, 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 curledMegæra. 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) Defn: To shape (the brim) into a curve. Curl, v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curis 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. . 358 3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.] Curl (krl), n. Etym: [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr. 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.