Definition of Curler

1. Noun. A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it. "A woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"

Exact synonyms: Crimper, Hair Curler, Roller
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Derivative terms: Curl, Roll

Definition of Curler

1. n. One who, or that which, curls.

Definition of Curler

1. Noun. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair ¹

2. Noun. A sportsman who plays curling ¹

3. Noun. (football) A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curler

1. one that curls [n -S] - See also: curls

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curler

curiousnesses
curite
curites
curium
curium bromide
curiums
curl
curl-up
curl somebody's hair
curl someone's hair
curl up
curled
curled pondweed
curled up
curledness
curler (current term)
curlers
curlest
curleth
curlew
curlew sandpiper
curlewlike
curlews
curleyleaf pondweed
curlicue
curlicue fractal
curlicue ureter
curlicued
curlicues
curlicuing

Literary usage of Curler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the State of New York by John Romeyn Brodhead (1871)
"Van curler, accompanied by La Fontaine, a young Frenchman whom he had rescued from the savages, now went to ss May. Canada, with passports from ..."

2. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1858)
"[ Omitted, being a triplicate of Document L, 11. ] Letter B. Condition and Agreement entered into between Commissary Jacob van curler and the Chiefs of ..."

3. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... regulations—Intrigues of Van der Donck—Threatened mutiny of the settlers— Return of the Mohawks from Canada—Are visited by Van curler—Particulars of the ..."

4. The Empire State: A Compendious History of the Commonwealth of New York by Benson John Lossing (1888)
"Time first act of the English governor after time conquest of time domain from the Dutch in 1664 was to send for curler, to profit by his advice concerning ..."

5. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van by New York State Library, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer, Nicolaas de Roever, Susan De Lancey Van Rennselaer Strong (1908)
"21, 1639. and a new account is opened on Jan. 1, 1641. Between these dates be was apparently in Holland, as the patroon in his letter to van curler, May 30. ..."

6. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"The "Covenant of Corlaer," the statecraft of Arendt van curler* of Nijkerk, Netherlands, still holds. To the Iroquois, the governor of Canada, ..."

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