DCHP-1 Online
curling iron Obs. 
a curling stone, so called because earlier "stones" were often made of iron.
- 1841 . . . they are sometimes called Curling Irons, a term used chiefly by Hairdressers, which was soon laid aside, and now they are always named stones or stanes.
- 1841 . . . they are sometimes called Curling Irons, a term used chiefly by Hairdressers, which was soon laid aside, and now they are always named stones or stanes.