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air casing

American  

noun

  1. a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel.


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And even those without naturally curly hair might notice their hair curling – or, let’s be honest, frizzing – a bit on humid summer days.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

Lim, 31, looks like a typical K-pop star with his boyish looks and thick locks of hair curling over his forehead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2023

And Abboud, his silver hair curling away from his tanned and glistening face, is a study in taupe and ivory layers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2017

He has a habit of sliding his five-foot-four frame just close enough that I can see the lone hair curling out of the mole on his forehead.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 9, 2016

Mrs. Reilly looked at the back of her son’s flan- nel shirt and at the hair curling down the back of his neck.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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