Definition of curb

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Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in..

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Curbstone :: Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone..
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..
Curbed :: Curbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cur.
Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..
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..
Watermelon :: Watermelon (n.) The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
Squashed :: Squash (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To bend or curv.
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
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..
Puteal :: Puteal (n.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.
Cucurbitive :: Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Cucurbite :: Cucurbite (n.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic..
Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Cucurbit :: Cucurbit (n.) Alt. of Cucurbit.
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..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
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