CURL

n. Ku5rl. Dan., Krolle(lst def.). Lat., cirrus (1st def.). Fr., boucle (1st def.). Ger., Locke (1st def.). 1. Anything (like a lock of hair) of a spiral form; in botany, a cirrus or other organ rolled on itself. 2. A disease of the potato-plant attacking the leaves and stems and causing a failure of the tubers. fB, 19, 77 (a, 24).] [s. 473]