Curling

Definitions

1. The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. 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).
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“curlings of smoke⟳”

“a scornful curling of the lip”

“Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings, Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft, And your face⟳ smooth with ointments […]”

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