CURLING (game)
ADJECTIVES
► KEEN of ice in curling: crisp, smooth → 1833 Sc.
NOUNS
► COLD DRAW a rock curled into an open house or into the house without rubbing or knocking out another rock → 1964 Can.
► HACK a cut made in the ice to keep the player’s foot from slipping when delivering the stone → 1811 Sc.
► HEAD-ICE the ice at the heads or ends of a rink → 1853 Sc.
► ICE-GROUND a curling rink → 1911 Sc.
► ICE-STONE a curling stone → a1822 Sc.
► QUITING ► QUOITING the game of curling → 1811 Sc.
► QUOIT a curling stone → 1809 Sc.
► QUOITING-STONE a curling stone → 1827
► RACK a curling rink; the number of players required to play on a rink → 1784 Sc.
► RIDER a stone played forcibly which dislodges other stones blocking the tee → 1891 Sc.
► ROAR the noise made by a curling-stone travelling with velocity up the ice → 1853 Sc.
► ROARER a curling stone moving too fast → 1904 Sc.
► ROARING GAME the game of curling → 1877 Sc.
► ROARING PLAY the game of curling → 1786 Sc.
► ROARING RINK a curling rink → 1804 Sc.
► ROARING-STONE a curling stone → 1844 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSONS
► LEADER the first player on each side in a game → 1789 Sc.
VERBS
► BREAK AN EGG to play one stone so as to touch another very gently → 1871 Sc.
► QUOIT to play at the game of curling; to throw curling-stones → 1811 Sc.
► RAISE to strike and move forward another stone of one’s own side towards the tee → 1844 Sc.
► RIDE to drive one’s stone with such force as to carry before it an opponent’s stone → 1805 Sc.
► ROAR to make a roaring noise as it moves on the ice with great velocity; said of a curling stone → 1805 Sc.
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