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▪ I. curling, vbl. n.1|ˈkɜːlɪŋ|
[f. curl v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb curl, q.v.; a curl, twist, undulation.
1440Promp. Parv. 111/1 Curlynge of here, crispitudo. 1626Bacon Sylva §651 Curling on the Sides; as in Lettuce and young Cabbage. 1656Artif. Handsom. 63 The curlings of Ladies haire. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 111 You will find a..Curling on that place upon the stuff.
2. A game played on the ice (on a curling-pond, or other smooth frozen surface) in which large rounded stones (see curling-stone) are hurled along a defined space called the rink towards a mark called the tee. The game has undergone considerable developments in Scotland since the 17th c., and has now been introduced elsewhere, where climatic conditions are favourable.
It appears in its earlier form to have been akin to Quoits, but has now more analogy with Bowls, with modifications consequent upon the situation. A game similar to it in its early form appears in Flanders a 1600; Kilian has kluyten kalluyten, ‘ludere massis siue globis glaciatis; certare discis in æquore glaciato’, to play a match with quoits on a smooth surface of ice. The name appears to describe the motion given to the stone. In Flemish the name krullebol (curl-bowl) is given, apparently from its motion, to the wooden bowl with which a somewhat similar game bolspel is played in an alley.
1620[See curling-stone]. 1684in Fountainhall Decis. Lords of Council (1759) I. 328 He was playing at the curling with Riddel of Haining. 1693Wallace Descr. Orkney 10 Copinsha..in which..are to be found in great plentie excellent stones for the game called Curling. [Hence in Camden's Brit. ed. 1695.] 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 154 The diversion of Curling is.. peculiar to the Scots. It is performed upon ice, with large flat stones. 1890J. Kerr Hist. Curling ii. 27–8 Curling, when first practised, appears to have been a kind of quoiting on the ice..Coiting, kuting, or quoiting, was for a long time the word in common use to describe the game, and in some districts it is still applied to it.
3. attrib. and Comb.
a. Relating to or used for curling the hair, as curling-bodkin, curling-paper, curling-pin, curling-tongs; curling-iron.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. viii. (1611) 206 Combes, glasses, Head-brushes, curling-bodkings, &c.
1909in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) xxiii. 273 Curling Pins.
1763Boston Post-Boy 12 Dec., Curling Tongs. 1816Scott Antiquary I. x. 228, I hae the curling-tongs here to gie it a bit turn ower the brow. 1840Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. XXII. 410/1 Mr. Fitch..gave a twist of the curling-tongs to his beard. 1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey li. 289 Turtell snatched up a pair of cold curling tongs.
b. Of or pertaining to the game of curling, as curling-club, curling-house, curling-match, curling-pond, curling-rink; curling-stone.
1814Sporting Mag. XLIII. 193 A curling match took place upon the ice. 1833[see bear v.1 11 b]. 1864A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 116 [It] was sometimes converted into a curling-pond. 1890J. Kerr Hist. Curling 375 Order in the curling-house is a proof that the club is well managed. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 10 Jan. 6/5 The Portage annual bonspiel will commence on..February 16 according to the..committee of the Portage curling rink.
▪ II. † ˈcurling, vbl. n.2 Obs.
Also kurl-.
[Echoic: cf. gurl v.]
Rumbling in the bowels.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxviii. (1495) 712 Fresshe and newe whete..bredyth ache in the sydes: hurlynge and kurlynge [rugitum]. Ibid. xix. liv. 895 Rawe hony..bredyth curlynge and swellyng in the wombe.
▪ III. ˈcurling, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That curls; see the verb.
1632Lithgow Trav. vii. (1682) 314 Flocks of flying Fishes, scudding upon the curling Waves. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. iii. 181 The curling smoke mounts heavy from the fires. 1782Cowper Gilpin 69 Each bottle had a curling ear. 1849Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxi, The sun..flung across the curling mist bright bars of gold.
Hence ˈcurlingly adv.
1611Cotgr., Crespément, crispingly, frizlingly, curlingly. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 490 The smoke from whose chimneys sailed curlingly amongst [the trees]. |