- Curbing
- Curb Curb (k[^u]rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k[^u]rbd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve,
L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto`s curved.
Cf. {Curve}.]
1. To bend or curve. [Obs.]
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Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
3. To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
