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单词 curbing
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curbingn.1

Etymology: < curb v.1
Obsolete.
Curving, curvature.
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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

/ˈkəːbɪŋ/
Etymology: < curb v.2
1. The action of curb v.2; checking.
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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.
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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.)
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1869 Daily News 2 Feb. The granite kerbing on the sea wall.
3. Thieves' cant. (Cf. curber n. 2) Obsolete. [Perhaps a distinct word.]
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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.

Etymology: < curb v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurbing.
That curbs; restraining.
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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).
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