CURLING
\kˈɜːlɪŋ], \kˈɜːlɪŋ], \k_ˈɜː_l_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of CURLING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A game common in Scotland, consisting in hurling heavy stones along a sheet of ice, like playing at bowls.
By Daniel Lyons
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A game played by sliding large circular stones, called curling stones, on the ice.
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The act of forming curls.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A winter game among the Scotch, which consists in launching from the hand a cheese-shaped round stone with a handle, of from 30 to 45th weight, along the surface of the ice, to a mark, or tee, as it is called, some 30 or 40 yards distant, each player having two stones, and the principle of the game being the same as that of bowls on a bowling green. Curling-stones, stones for curling with. Curling-tongs, an instrument for curling the hair.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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