Curling—(German, kurzweillin, to play for amusement; or Teutonic, krullen, krollen, sinuare, to bend,—as the great art of the game is to make the stones bend, twist (quod vide), Curl, towards the mark, when they cannot reach it in a straight line.) Sliding stones along the ice towards a mark.
Dead guard—A stone which completely covers another, concealing it from the view of the next player, is a dead guard upon that other.
Deliver—To throw the stone.
Director—The same as “skip” or “skipper.”
Draw a shot—to play to a spot pointed out by the director, having no other stone to strike or rest upon.
Dour, drug, dull—The state of the ice when the stone cannot easily be thrown the length of the rink.
End—That portion of the game in which the stones are all played to one end of the rink.
Guard—To lay a stone in a line before another; or the stone so laid.
Hack, or hatch—(Icelandic, hiaka, or Suio-Gothic, hacka, a chop, cut, or crack), a cut in the ice, in which the player places his foot to prevent it from slipping as he delivers his stone.
Head—See “End.”