·- A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.
·noun To shape (the brim) into a curve. II. Curl ·vi To play at the game called curling. III. Curl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The bending over or disruption of the ice, causing it to pile. Also, the curl of the surf on the s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·Impf & ·p.p. of Spit. II. Spit ·vi To attend to a spit; to use a spit. III. Spit ·vi To throw out...
1) He is as like his father as if he was spit out of his mouth; said of a child much resembling his ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A bank, or small sandy projection, with shallow water on it, generally running out from a point of l...
The same as cirrus (which see). ...
·add. ·- A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers ...
·noun Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. ...
A violent, pettish, or passionate person. ...
the depth of a spade only. Norf. and Suff. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A long Spanish rapier. ...