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

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..

Kerb :: Kerb (n.) See Curb.

Cucurbitive :: Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..

Rein :: Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint..

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

Kerbstone :: Kerbstone (n.) See Curbstone.

Pumpkin :: Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion..

Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in..

Cucurbit :: Cucurbit (n.) Alt. of Cucurbit.

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..

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

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..

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

Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

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

Curb :: Curb (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..

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