Blue curls

Blue curls
Curl Curl (k[^u]rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr["o]lle. See {Curl}, v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. [1913 Webster]

Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. [1913 Webster]

If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]

3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. [1913 Webster]

{Blue curls}. (Bot.) See under {Blue}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • blue-curls — blue′ curls or blue′ curls n. pl. curls pln any of several plants belonging to the genus Trichostema, of the mint family, having usu. blue to pink flowers with long, curved filaments • Etymology: 1810–20, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • Blue curls — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blue-curls — ☆ blue curls [blo͞o′kʉrlz΄ ] n. any of a genus (Trichostema) of plants of the mint family, with downy, narrow leaves and blue flowers: also blue curls …   English World dictionary

  • blue curls — noun any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex • Hyponyms: ↑black sage, ↑wooly blue curls, ↑California romero, ↑Trichostema lanatum, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • blue-curls — /blooh kerrlz /, n., pl. blue curls. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants belonging to the genus Trichostema, of the mint family, having blue to pink or, rarely, white flowers with long, curved filaments. 2. selfheal (def. 1).… …   Universalium

  • blue-curls — /blooh kerrlz /, n., pl. blue curls. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants belonging to the genus Trichostema, of the mint family, having blue to pink or, rarely, white flowers with long, curved filaments. 2. selfheal (def. 1).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • blue curls — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1817 any of several mints (genus Trichostema) with irregular blue flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wooly blue curls — noun an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico • Syn: ↑black sage, ↑California romero, ↑Trichostema lanatum • Hypernyms: ↑blue curls • Member Holonyms: ↑Trichostema, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Blue — (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blue asbestus — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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