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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.

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne.

inuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinnuous course). Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath.

rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean. Your short horse is soon curried. Beau. & FL.

Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.

To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

t crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough- haired and the smooth-haired.

Not clear to the understanding; not easily The dark problems of existence. Shairp. What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. Hooker. What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word Shak.

The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.]

al of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

ess. Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn. J. C. Shairp.

Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

To strip of hair; to husk. Venner.

Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden.

Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n.

Hairless. Sir t. Browne.

. Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.

To grow dim. J. C. Shairp.