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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.),…

To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift.

ht; superficial; careless. Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. Hallam.

A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach- blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon a…

A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.

Inflammation of the bladder.

blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.

An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.

tarry; to trifle. We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow.

Doo "Damnatory invectives." Hallam.

om its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.

to be reckoned by mediæval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. Hallam.

A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

h many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.

And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

a funeral procession. -- Dead nettle (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album). -- Dead oil (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. -- Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of…

ting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam.

A period of ten years. "The present decennium." Hallam. "The last decennium of Chaucer's life." A. W. Ward.