v. [UP- 4.] To curl up.

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  trans.  1801.  Southey, Thalaba, IV. xxxi. High, high in heaven upcurl’d The dreadful sand-spouts moved.

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1852.  M. Arnold, Tristr. & Iseult, III. 118. The … furnace of the world, In whose hot air our spirits are upcurled Until they crumble.

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1895.  F. Thompson, Sister Songs, 3. Ere … Thou disclose my flower of song upcurled…!

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  intr.  1838.  Mary Howitt, Birds & Flowers, 189. Where the branching ferns up-curl.

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1845.  Mangan, German Anthology, II. 126. A stupendous column of sand … upcurls … in eddies and whirls.

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