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or bend into curis or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. Shak.

Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.

on; torment. The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. Shak. All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is propagated curse. Milton. The curse of Scotland (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds. -- Not worth a curse. See under Cress.

A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.]

A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

her device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

Stupid; folish; idiotic; also, delirious; insance; as, he has gone daft. Let us think no more of this daft business Sir W. Scott.

e common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

urt; mischief. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon.

A deep pink or rose color. Fairfax.

Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. Milton.

pot. The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.

Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.

Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. Evelyn.

To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. Shak.

One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak.

A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.

The sun, as the orb of day. [Poetic] So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.