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

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

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..

Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

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..

Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..

Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..

Bridoon :: Bridoon (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein..

Puteal :: Puteal (n.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.

Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

Pumpkin :: Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion..

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

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

Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes..

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

Snaffle :: Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit..

Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A curbstone.

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