Part 2680

<hw>Cur"lew</hw> <tt>(k?r"l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>courlieu</ets>, <ets>corlieu</ets>, <ets>courlis</ets>; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. <ets>corlieus</ets> courier; L. <ets>currere</ets> to run + <ets>levis</ets> light.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wading bird of the genus <spn>Numenius</spn>, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.</def>

<note>&hand; The common European curlew is <spn>N. arquatus</spn>. The long-billed (<spn>N. longirostris</spn>), the Hudsonian (<spn>N. Hudsonicus</spn>), and the Eskimo curlew (<spn>N. borealis</spn>, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species.</note>

<cs><col>Curlew Jack</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>the whimbrel or lesser curlew.</cd> -- <col>Curlew sandpiper</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a sandpiper (<spn>Tringa ferruginea, &or; subarquata</spn>), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See <i>Illustation</i> in Appendix.</cd></cs>

<h1>Curliness</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curl"i*ness</hw> <tt>(k?rl"?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being curly.</def>

<h1>Curling</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curl"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or state of that which curls; <as>as, the <ex>curling</ex> of smoke when it rises; the <ex>curling</ex> of a ringlet</as>; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.</def>

<blockquote><b>Curling</b> . . . is an amusement of the winter, and played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his partner, which has been well laid before, or to strike off that of his antagonist. <i>Pennant (Tour in Scotland. 1772).</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Curling irons</col>, <col>Curling tong</col></mcol>, <cd>an instrument for curling the hair; -- commonly heated when used.</cd></cs>

<h1>Curlingly</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curl"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With a curl, or curls.</def>

<h1>Curly</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curl"y</hw> <tt>(k?rl"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.</def>

<h1>Curlycue</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curl"y*cue</hw> <tt>(k?rl"?-k?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>caracole</ets>.]</ety> <def>Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>carlicue</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[ Colloq. U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>To cut a curlycue</col>, <cd>to make a flourish; to cut a caper.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>I gave a flourishing about the room and <b>cut a curlycue</b> with my right foot. <i>McClintock.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curmudgeon</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur*mudg"eon</hw> <tt>(k?r-m?j"?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cornmudgin</ets>, where <ets>-mudgin</ets> is prob. from OF. <ets>muchier</ets>, <ets>mucier</ets>, F. <ets>musser</ets> to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. <ets>muchares</ets> skulking thieves, E. <ets>miche</ets>, <ets>micher</ets>.]</ety> <def>An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.</def>

<blockquote>A gray-headed <b>curmudgeon</b> of a negro. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curmudgeonly</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur*mudg"eon*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; <as>as, a <ex>curmudgeonly</ex> fellow</as>.</def>

<h1>Curmurring</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur*mur"ring</hw> <tt>(k?r-m?r"r?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Curr</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curr</hw> <tt>(k?r)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Prob. imitative.]</ety> <def>To coo.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>