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unˈcurl, v.
[un-2 7 and 3.]
1. intr. To come out of curl; to unfold from a curved or spiral form.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iii. 34 My fleece of Woolly haire, that now vncurles, Euen as an Adder when she doth vnrowle. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster Introd. 8 Cling to my necke, and wrists, my louing wormes, And cast you round, in soft and amorous foulds, Till I doe bid, vncurle. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 693 The Furies harken, and their Snakes uncurl. 1827Hood Hero & Leander lxiii, His uncrispt locks uncurling in the brine. 1873‘Ouida’ Pascarel II. 162 The green corn uncurling underneath the blossoming vines.
2. trans. To take out of curl; to untwist.
1598Florio, Discrespare, to vncurle, to vnfrizle, to vncrispe. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 270 He sheathes his paws, uncurls his angry mane. 1697― æneis v. 167 The raging billows..Uncurl their ridgy backs, and at his foot appear. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf xvi, On the other side sate Isabella,..her long hair uncurled by the evening damps. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair i, A black servant, who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman, uncurled his bandy legs. 1887M. Arnold Kaiser Dead x, I see the tail,..In moments of disgrace uncurl'd, Then at a pardoning word refurl'd.
refl.1606Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes 32 The vgliest Serpent hath not vncurld himselfe. 1884Nonconf. & Indep. 5 June 545/1 The bracken has not yet uncurled itself. |