upcurl

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English

Etymology

up- +‎ curl

Verb

upcurl (third-person singular simple present upcurls, present participle upcurling, simple past and past participle upcurled)

  1. (transitive, rare) To curl up
    • Alfred Tennyson
      And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd. / And Freedom rear'd in that august sunrise / Her beautiful bold brow []

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