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Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Curb :: Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

Curbstone :: Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Snaffle :: Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit..

Curb :: Curb (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..

Deckle :: Deckle (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper..

Rein :: Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse..

Uncurbable :: Uncurbable (a.) Not capable of being curbed.

Bridoon :: Bridoon (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A curbstone.

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.

Squashed :: Squash (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind..

Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..

Bryony :: Bryony (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic..

Bit :: Bit (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.

Cucurbite :: Cucurbite (n.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic..

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