[curl] vb [ME, fr. crul curly, prob. fr. MD; akin to OHG krol curly] vt (14c) 1: to form (as the hair) into coils or ringlets
2: to form into a curved shape: twist "~ed his lip in a sneer"
3: to furnish with curls ~ vi 1 a: to grow in coils or spirals b: to form ripples or crinkles "bacon ~ing in a pan"
2: to move or progress in curves or spirals: wind "the path ~ed along the mountainside"
3: twist, contort
4: to play the game of curling
[2]curl n (1602) 1: a lock of hair that coils: ringlet
2: something having a spiral or winding form: coil
3: the action of curling: the state of being curled
4: a curved or spiral marking in the grain of wood
5: a hollow arch of water formed when the crest of a breaking wave spills forward