| slovo | definícia |
curling
(encz) | curling,lední metaná Zdeněk Brož |
curling
(encz) | curling,metaná n: Zdeněk Brož |
Curling
(gcide) | Curl \Curl\ (k[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan.
kr["o]lle, 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.
[1913 Webster]
But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
--Cascoigne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.
[1913 Webster]
Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.
[1913 Webster]
Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMeg[ae]ra. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Curling with metaphors a plain intention. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]
4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
[1913 Webster]
Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
[1913 Webster] |
Curling
(gcide) | Curling \Curl"ing\, n.
1. The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of
smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the
act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the
brim of hats.
[1913 Webster]
2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
[1913 Webster]
Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and
played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to
another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a
hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at
top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as
near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his
partner, which has been well laid before, or to
strike off that of his antagonist. --Pennant
(Tour in
Scotland.
1772).
[1913 Webster]
Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling
the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also
curler[4].
[1913 Webster] |
curling
(wn) | curling
adj 1: of hair having curls [syn: curled, curling]
n 1: a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are
slid toward a target |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
curling
(encz) | curling,lední metaná Zdeněk Brožcurling,metaná n: Zdeněk Brož |
curling iron
(encz) | curling iron, n: |
curling irons
(encz) | curling irons,kulma n: Zdeněk Brož |
leg curling
(encz) | leg curling, n: |
hráč ve hře curling
(czen) | hráč ve hře curling,curler Zdeněk Brož |
Curling irons
(gcide) | Curling \Curl"ing\, n.
1. The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of
smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the
act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the
brim of hats.
[1913 Webster]
2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
[1913 Webster]
Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and
played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to
another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a
hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at
top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as
near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his
partner, which has been well laid before, or to
strike off that of his antagonist. --Pennant
(Tour in
Scotland.
1772).
[1913 Webster]
Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling
the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also
curler[4].
[1913 Webster] |
Curling tong
(gcide) | Curling \Curl"ing\, n.
1. The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of
smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the
act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the
brim of hats.
[1913 Webster]
2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
[1913 Webster]
Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and
played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to
another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a
hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at
top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as
near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his
partner, which has been well laid before, or to
strike off that of his antagonist. --Pennant
(Tour in
Scotland.
1772).
[1913 Webster]
Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling
the hair; -- commonly heated when used. Called also
curler[4].
[1913 Webster] |
Curlingly
(gcide) | Curlingly \Curl"ing*ly\, adv.
With a curl, or curls.
[1913 Webster] |
curling
(wn) | curling
adj 1: of hair having curls [syn: curled, curling]
n 1: a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are
slid toward a target |
curling iron
(wn) | curling iron
n 1: a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of
hair that has been curled around it |
leg curling
(wn) | leg curling
n 1: an exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of
the leg [syn: leg curl, leg curling] |
|