Curb

1. 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.
2. v. t. To bend or curve
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. t. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
5. v. i. To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
6. n. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; 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.
7. 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.
8. n. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
9. n. A curbstone.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.