Part 2672

<h1>Curatrix</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu*ra"trix</hw> <tt>(-tr?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman who cures.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A woman who is a guardian or custodian.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Curb</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curb</hw> <tt>(k?rb)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Curbed</er> <tt>(k?rbd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Curbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>courber</ets> to bend, curve, L.<ets>curvare</ets>, fr. <ets>curvus</ets> bent, curved; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ curved. Cf. <er>Curve</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bend or curve</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Crooked and <b>curbed</b> lines. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Part wield their arms, part <b>curb</b> the foaming steed. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where pinching want must <b>curb</b>thy warm desires. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.</def>

<h1>Curb</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curb</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To bend; to crouch; to cringe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, <b>curb</b> and woo for leave to do him good. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curb</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curb</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindbrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.</def>

<blockquote>He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff <b>curb</b> control his angry jaws. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>By these men</b>, <b>religion</b>,<b>that should be</b> The <b>curb</b>, is made the spur of tyranny. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A curbstone.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>James Law.</i>

<cs><col>Curb bit</col>, <cd>a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Curb pins</col> <fld>(Horology)</fld>, <cd>the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring.</cd> -- <col>Curb plate</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a plate serving the purpose of a curb.</cd> -- <col>Deck curb</col>. <cd>See under <er>Deck</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Curbless</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curb"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no curb or restraint.</def>

<h1>Curb roof</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curb" roof`</hw> <tt>(r??f`)</tt>. <def>A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.</def>