Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Curved; rounded.
- intransitive verb obsolete To bend; to stop; to bow.
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- verb obsolete To
bend ; tostoop ; tobow .
Etymologies
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French courber. See curb.
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Examples
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639: Part wield thir Arms, part courb the foaming Steed,
Paradise Lost (1667) 1667
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2538: Yea courb, and woe, for leaue to do him good.
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2538: Yea courb, and woe, for leaue to do him good.
The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke (1623 First Folio) 1603
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