transitive. To curl into short, stiff, wavy folds, or crinkles; to crimp.

To curl (hair). Obsolete. rare.

To give or receive a pinched appearance. transitive. To crimp or coil (hair), esp. by using heated tongs or irons. Now rare and historical.

To bend round, wind, or twist into ringlets, as the hair.

transitive. To frizz, curl (the hair, a wig, etc.); also, to curl the hair of.

To curl. (Jamieson.)

transitive. To curl (hair) in small crisp curls.

To twist, curl, twine; also intransitive. To curl (as hair). Obsolete.

To cover or deck out with curls.

transitive. To curl, crisp, frizzle (the hair).

transitive. To curl or crisp (the hair); to form into a mass of small, crisp curls.

transitive. To spread out (hair) in a frizzy mass; to ruffle, rumple.

To press into folds or waves. transitive. To make waves or curls in (hair), usually with a hot iron.

To fasten or retain in curl. Obsolete.

transitive. To make (the hair) wavy and curly; to crimp, to frizzle.

to frizz, to put up in curl-papers.

transitive. To make twisting, winding, or crumpled; to crease, wrinkle; (also) to crimp (the hair). Also with up.

transitive to apply a permanent wave to; = perm, v.1

transitive. To wave (hair) by the marcel method. Also in extended use.

transitive. To set (hair) by wetting with water and forming into waves. Cf. water wave, n. 2.

transitive. = perm, v.1

transitive. = perm, v.1

transitive. To give a permanent wave to (a person or a person's hair).

To style (hair, etc.) with curling tongs.

transitive. Hairdressing. To style (hair) by squeezing or crushing with the hands to give a crinkled or tousled look.