curb

curb is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To bend or curve [Obs.] Crooked and curbed lines. Holland.

[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. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. Milton. Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. Prior.

[3] To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

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