Read full poem →To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in showers,
A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs,
Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs;
Dictionary Entry
A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. curlaround curlcurl leaf
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Poetry examples for “curl”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Say, Venus hath no girl,
No front of female curl,
Among her Loves.
Read full poem →Yet I revolt: I bend, I twist myself
I curl into a million convolutions:
Pink shapes without angle,
Read full poem →O Uphill roads and roads that dip down!
You curl your sun-spattered length along,
And your march is beaten into a song
Read full poem →[Illustration: "_Buy from us with a golden curl_"]
Read full poem →The cedar tall, spoiled of his bark, retains.
Add[212] they were apt to curl a hundred ways,
And did to thee no cause of dolour raise.
Read full poem →smoke:remembering, two pink big lips curl. . . .
Read full poem →and when i timidly hinted “novocaine?”
the eyes outstart, curl, bloat, are newly baked
Read full poem →With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,
Can vie with the modest Eulalie’s most unregarded curl—
Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie’s most humble and careless curl.
Read full poem →With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,
Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl--
Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless