CURLING

game played on the ice ®y throwing rounded stones along the surface to a mark; probably of Dutch origin, but has been popular in Scotland at least from the beginning of the XVII. cent., and has spread to England, Canada, Switzerland, and other countries, (1811-88), Eng. surgeon; pres. Royal Coll. of Surgeons (1873); introduced new surgical treatments and wrote several surgical works. plain, County Kildare, Ireland; famous for its race course and military camp; crown property. 1817), Trish lawyer and _ politician; worked for Catholic emancipation and against Union; became Master of the Rolls, 1806.