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curbing
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Curbing
(gcide) | Curb \Curb\ (k[^u]rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curbed (k[^u]rbd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curbing.] [F. courber to bend, curve,
L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto`s curved.
Cf. Curve.]
1. To bend or curve. [Obs.]
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Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland.
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2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend
to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to
confine; to keep in check.
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Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
--Milton.
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Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
--Prior.
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3. To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a
curb, as a bank of earth.
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curbing
(wn) | curbing
n 1: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a
line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) [syn:
curb, curbing, kerb] |
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Curbing
(gcide) | Curb \Curb\ (k[^u]rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curbed (k[^u]rbd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curbing.] [F. courber to bend, curve,
L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto`s curved.
Cf. Curve.]
1. To bend or curve. [Obs.]
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Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland.
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2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend
to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to
confine; to keep in check.
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Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
--Milton.
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Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
--Prior.
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3. To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a
curb, as a bank of earth.
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