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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"
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
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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