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curb1 1. a. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse b. the chain or strap itself 2. a hard swelling on the hock of a horse curb2 Vet science a swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain curb [kərb] (civil engineering) A border of concrete or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along a street edge. (mining engineering) A timber frame, circular or square, wedged in a shaft to make a foundation for walling or tubbing, or to support, with or without other timbering, the walls of the shaft. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But do you know what: I am convinced that we underground folk ought to be kept on a curb. Another means to curb them, is to balance them by others, as proud as they. There is a vestige of decency, a sense of shame, that does much to curb and check those outbreaks of atrocious cruelty so commonly enacted upon the plantation. |
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