An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CURIOUS, adj. Anxious, fond, S.
Baillie.

To CURL, CURLE, s. To cause a stone to move alongst ice towards a mark, S.
Pennecuik.

Curler, s. One who amuses himself by curling, S.
Baillie.

Curling, s. The act of pushing stones on ice, S.
Pennant.

Curling-Stane, s. A stone used in curling, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. krull-en, sinuare, flectere.

CURLDODDY, s.
1. Ribgrass.
Evergreen. Border Minstrelsy.
2. Natural clover, S. Orkn.
Neill.

Curldoddies, s. pl. Curled cabbage, S.

CURLIES, s. pl. Colewort, of which the leaves are curled. S. B.

CURLOROUS, adj. Churlish, niggardly.
Bannatyne Poems.