noun. A game originating in Scotland in which two four-person teams slide heavy oblate stones toward the center of a circle at either end of a length of ice.

noun. A popular Scottish amusement on the ice, in which contending parties slide large smooth stones of a circular form from one mark to another, called the tee.

noun. The act of forming into curls; taking the form of curls.

noun. Same as curl, n., 4 , *, *.

noun. A process for giving a curl to the long nap on the face of some woolen fabrics. It is done by passing the fabric beneath a plate fitted with a brush which is given a rotating or otherwise curving motion.

noun. The faulty detaching of cotton from the comb in a combing-machine.

noun. The act or state of that which curls; ; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

noun. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

noun. an instrument for curling the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also curler{4}.

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noun. 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).

verb. Present participle of curl.

adjective. of hair having curls

noun. a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

"Can we really say that a gold medal in curling is of equal athletic value to a gold medal in the downhill?"

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