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for curlicue
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. [Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue.] [
Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
curlicue
n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: a short twisting line [syn: squiggle, curlicue]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "curlicue":
cirrus, coil, corkscrew, curl, evolute, gyre, helix, involute,
kink, ringlet, roll, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl,
twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl
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