curlings
- plural of curling.
Example Sentences
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Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.
From Mountain Blood A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph
Small red and yellow spots with puckerings and curlings of the young leaves of Pears, the spots turning darker later on, are due to Phytoptus.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
But should he forget this precaution, never can the dream be brought back to memory: as well try to re-form the curlings of a smoke- wreath blown away.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
