5. (Far.) 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. James Law.
Curb bit, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight. -- Curb pins (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. -- Curb plate (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. -- Deck curb. See under Deck.
Curb"less, a. Having no curb or restraint.
Curb" roof` (r??f`). A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
Curb"stone` (kűrb"stōn`), n. A stone set along a margin as a limit and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
Curbstone broker. See under Broker.
Curch (k??rch), n. See Courche.
Cur*cu"li*o (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-&?;z). [L., a grain weevil.] (Zo÷l.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
Cur`cu*li*on"i*dous (k?r`-k?-l?-?n"?-d?s), a. (Zo÷l.) Pertaining to the CurculionideŠ, or weevil tribe.
||Cur"cu*ma (k?r"k?-m?), n. [Cf. F., It., & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. Turmeric.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order ScitamineŠ, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
Curcuma paper. (Chem.) See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.
Cur"cu*min (-m?n), n. (Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
&fist; It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.
Curd (kűrd), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth, Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.] [Sometimes written crud.] 1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.
Curds and cream, the flower of country fare.
Dryden.