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Curb :: Curb (v. t.) 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..

Deckle :: Deckle (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper..

Rein :: Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse..

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Cucurbitive :: Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Curbed :: Curbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cur.

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Kerbstone :: Kerbstone (n.) See Curbstone.

Deck :: Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

Curb :: Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome..

Cucurbitaceous :: Cucurbitaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples..

Curb :: Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Uncurbable :: Uncurbable (a.) Not capable of being curbed.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle..

Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing..

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth..

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.

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