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Curvet
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\ (k[^u]r"v?t or k[^u]r-v?t"; 277), n. [OE.
corvet, It.corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See Curve, and cf.
Corvetto.]
1. (Man.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both
his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore
legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his
legs are in the air at once.
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2. A prank; a frolic.
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Curvet
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Curveted or -vetted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It.
corvettare. See Curvet, n.]
1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "Oft and high he did
curvet." --Drayton.
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2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.
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Curvet
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. t.
To cause to curvet. --Landor.
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curvet
(wn) | curvet
n 1: a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the
ground before the forelegs come down [syn: curvet,
vaulting]
v 1: perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of
a horse |
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Curvet
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\ (k[^u]r"v?t or k[^u]r-v?t"; 277), n. [OE.
corvet, It.corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See Curve, and cf.
Corvetto.]
1. (Man.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both
his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore
legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his
legs are in the air at once.
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2. A prank; a frolic.
[1913 Webster]Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Curveted or -vetted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It.
corvettare. See Curvet, n.]
1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "Oft and high he did
curvet." --Drayton.
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2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. t.
To cause to curvet. --Landor.
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Curveted
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Curveted or -vetted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It.
corvettare. See Curvet, n.]
1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "Oft and high he did
curvet." --Drayton.
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2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.
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Curveting
(gcide) | Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Curveted or -vetted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It.
corvettare. See Curvet, n.]
1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "Oft and high he did
curvet." --Drayton.
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2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.
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