Curl, v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.
Thou seest it will not curl by nature.
Shak.
2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. “Cirling billows.” Dryden.
Then round her slender waist he curled.
Dryden.
Curling smokes from village tops are seen.
Pope.
Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow.
Byron.
He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor.
Bret Harte.
3. To play at the game called curling.