CURBING
CURBING, participle present tense Holding back; checking; restraining.CURBING, noun A check.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CURD
CURD, noun [See Crystal.] The coagulated or thickened part of milk, which is formed into cheese, or, in some countries, eaten as common food. The word may sometimes perhaps be u...
CURDLE
CURDLE, verb intransitive [sometimes written crudle. See Curd.]1. To coagulate or concrete; to thicken, or change into curd. Milk curdles by a mixture of runnet.2. To thicken; t...
CURDLED
CURDLED, participle passive Coagulated; congealed.
CURDLING
CURDLING, participle present tense Concreting; coagulating.
CURDY
CURDY, adjective Like curd; full of curd; coagulated.
CURE
CURE, noun [Latin, to cure to take care, to prepare.]1. A healing; the act of healing; restoration to health from disease, and to soundness from a wound. We say, a medicine will...
CURED
CURED, participle passive Healed; restored to health or soundness; removed, as a disease; remedied; dried, smoked, or otherwise prepared for preservation.
CURELESS
CURELESS, adjective That cannot be cured or healed; incurable; not admitting of a remedy; as a cureless disorder; a cureless ill.
CURER
CURER, noun A healer; a physician; one who heals.
CURFEW
CURFEW, noun1. The ringing of a bell or bells at night, as a signal to the inhabitants to rake up their fires and retire to rest. This practice originated in England from an ord...
CURIALITY
CURIALITY, noun [Latin, a court.] The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Not used.]
CURING
CURING, participle present tense Healing; restoring to health or soundness; removing, as an evil; preparing for preservation.
CURING-HOUSE
CURING-HOUSE, noun A building in which sugar is drained and dried.
CURIOLOGIC
CURIOLOGIC, adjective [Gr., propriety of speaking.] Designating a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture.
CURIOSITY
CURIOSITY, noun [Latin See Curious.]1. A strong desire to see something novel, or to discover something unknown, either by research or inquiry; a desire to gratify the senses wi...
CURIOSO
CURIOSO, noun A curious person; a virtuoso.
CURIOUS
CURIOUS, adjective [Latin, care. See Cure.]1. Strongly desirous to see what is novel, or to discover what is unknown; solicitous to see or to know; inquisitive.Be not curious in...
CURIOUSLY
CURIOUSLY, adverb1. With nice inspection; inquisitively; attentively.I saw nothing at first, but observing it more curiously the spots appeared.2. With nice care and art; exactl...
CURIOUSNESS
CURIOUSNESS, noun1. Fitness to excite curiosity; exactness of workmanship.2. Singularity of contrivance.3. Curiosity.
CURL
CURL, verb transitive1. To turn, bend or form into ringlets; to crisp; as the hair.2. To writhe; to twist; to coil; as a serpent.3. To dress with curls.The snaky locks that curl...
CURLED
CURLED, participle passive Turned or formed into ringlets; crisped; twisted; undulated.
CURLEW
CURLEW, noun1. An aquatic fowl of the genus Scolopax and the grallic order. It has a long bill; its color is diversified with ash and black; and the largest species spread more ...
CURLINESS
CURLINESS, noun A state of being curly.
CURLING
CURLING, participle present tense Bending; twisting; forming into ringlets.
CURLING-IRONS
CURLING-IRONS, CURLING-TONGS, noun An instrument for curling the hair.
CURLING-TONGS
CURLING-IRONS, CURLING-TONGS noun An instrument for curling the hair.