Calamistrate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calamistrate \Cal`a*mis"trate\ (-m[i^]s"tr[=a]t), v. i. [L.
     calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum
     curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.]
     To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.