Curl (kűrl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr÷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.
Curled (kűrld), a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course).
Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath.
Curl"ed*ness, n. State of being curled; curliness.
Curl"er (-&etilde;r), n. 1. One who, or that which, curls.