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Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..

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

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

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..

Mansard Roof :: Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..

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

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.

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

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

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