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curly, a.|ˈkɜːlɪ|
[f. curl n. + -y.]
1. Of hair: Disposed in curls or ringlets.
1772–84Cook Voy. IV. iii. vi. (R.), Growing to a tolerable length, and very crisp and curly. 1818Todd, Curly, inclining to curl; falling into ringlets. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 47 Running his fingers through his curly hair.
2. Having or adorned with curls; having curled hair.
1827G. Higgins Celtic Druids 65 Budda with his flat black face and curly head. 1859Disraeli in Hansard Ser. iii. CLIV. 127 When we are juvenile and curly.
3. a. Of a curled form; wavy, undulating; of plants, having curled leaves. curly maple (see curled ppl. a. 3 c).
1795Southey Joan of Arc viii. 304 So rolls the swelling sea Its curly billows. 1814Byron Corsair iii. xviii, The boats are darting o'er the curly bay. a1845Hood Fairy Tale vii, Cabbages and curly kale. 1909G. S. Porter Girl of Limberlost xi. 218 In an expressed crate was a fine curly-maple dressing table. 1942C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 29 Curly maple is hard to come by.
b. Cricket. Curling (see curl v.1 9 a).
1868J. Lillywhite Cricketers' Comp. 54 Mr. Jupp..played Southerton's ‘curly’ deliveries with consummate skill.
4. Of potatoes: Affected with curl (n. 4).
1791Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts IX. 63 A curly crop of Potatoes.
5. Comb., as curly-brimmed, curly-coated, curly-haired, curly-headed, curly-pated, etc. adjs.; curly-pate, a curly headed person.
1795Fate of Sedley I. 59 A curly-poled nymph from Otaheite. 1827G. Higgins Celtic Druids 162 The flat-faced, curly-headed Budda. 1848Dickens Dombey iv, A..merry boy..fair-faced, bright-eyed, and curly-haired. 1862Fraser's Mag. 4 Yellow curly-pated children. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 3 Seven and one's eight, old curly-pate! 1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 1260/2 Jet black curly-coated retriever dog. 1890Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xviii. 142 Curly-brimmed hat. 1953‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow 203 Both wore dark overcoats and those curly-brimmed Homburg hats. |