单词 | curbing |
释义 | † curbingn.1 Obsolete. Curving, curvature. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process crookc1330 bowinga1398 bending1398 embowing1430 inflection1531 bent1567 curving1594 flexure1600 curbing1601 crooking1607 incurvation1608 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 315 The curbing or crookednesse of the ridge-bone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). curbingn.2 1. The action of curb v.2; checking. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] havingeOE holdc1230 withholdingc1386 restrainingc1390 refraininga1398 repression?a1425 repressing1431 bridlingc1443 restraint1443 restrainc1449 repressurec1487 restingc1503 abstention1521 controlling1523 controlment1525 distrain1531 staying1563 control1564 refrain1568 retention1578 check1579 restrainment1579 refranation1583 cohibition1586 withholdment1640 curbing1661 coercion1827 chastenment1882 detent1907 clamp-down1940 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 306 The curbings and the stroaks of Adversity. 1846 D. King Treat. Lord's Supper iv. 102 The partial curbing of vicious lusts. 2. a. The furnishing of a side-walk, etc. with a curb. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > furnishing with kerb curbing1838 kerbing1869 1838 J. Hall Notes Western States viii. 106 After removing the rich soil, a stratum of hard clay presents itself, then gravel, and then another layer of clay, all of which are so compact as to require no curbing. 1892 Times 14 Mar. 3/2 No paving, curbing, or channelling has been done to..the road. b. concrete. The stones collectively forming a curb. (In this sense commonly spelt kerbing.) ΚΠ 1869 Daily News 2 Feb. The granite kerbing on the sea wall. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > with a hook curbing1591 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 13 The nature of the Lift, the Blacke art, and the Curbing law, which is the Filchers & theeues that come into houses..or picke-lockes, or hookers at windowes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). curbingadj. That curbs; restraining. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective] bridling1559 barring1567 restraining1597 retracting1661 curbing1720 detaining1822 restrictionary1828 inhibitive1830 checking1861 inhibitory1870 withholding1898 staying1902 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 319 Who from thinking are free, That curbing Disease o' the Mind. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 66 ‘To say..that religion is not a curbing motive, because it does not always restrain, is’ [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11601n.21591adj.1720 |
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