curple (kerpl)

[Transposition of crupper, My hap [wrap, covering], Douce hing in' owre my curple . Burns , To the Guidwife of Wauchope House. curr (ker), v. i. [ The owlets hoot, the owlets curr. Words worth, The Idiot Boy. which is twined around it: sometimes made hollow for the insertion of heating materials. IMG:content-1841.png:[blocks in formation] curly-headed (kėr'li-hed"ed), a. Having curly hair. Also curly - pated. bill from about 2 to 9 inches. The common curlew is also curly-pate (ker'li-pāt), n. One who has curly called the whaup. The le er curlew or whimbrel of Euhair; a curly-headed person. ten currack, curr oh; A curragh or canoe costs little, consisting of tarred canvas stretched on a slender framework of wood. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XL. 424. What little commerce they [southern Britons] undertook was carried on in the frail curraghs , in which they were bold enough to cro the Irish Sea. C. Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 237. 2. A small cart made of twigs. The fuel was carried in creels, and the corns in curracks . Statistical Account of Scotland . currajong (kur'a-jong), n. [Australian.] The native name of Plagianthus sidoides , a malvaceous shrub or tree of Australia and Tasmania. IMG:content-1842.jpg:[ocr errors] Its strong fibrous bark is used to make cordage. current and courant1. currant1t, a. and n. An obsolete spelling of