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Look up: curb

  1. Curb
    Is another name for the American Stock Exchange. The term originated when the early membership literally did transactions on the street curb.
    Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/

  2. curb
    [n] - a horse`s bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse 2. [n] - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) 3. [v] - keep to the curb
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Curb
    The American Stock Exchange, which was originally known as the Curb Exchange until the... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/curb.htm?id=340&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of curb'>more</a>
    Found on http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/ho

  4. curb
    a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit and used to restrain a horse Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • supporting lining of a well Category: Building industry • bande en béton entre deux édifices. Category: Building industry • the curb (or bit) is a mouthpiece similar to the snaffle attached ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Curb
    A short wall or masonry built above the level of the roof that provides a means of flashing the deck equipment.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  6. Curb
    Curb transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Curbed (k?rbd); present participle & verbal noun Curbing .] [ French courber to bend, curve, Latin curvare , from curvus bent, curved; confer Greek .................. curved. Confer Curve .] 1. To bend or curve [ Obsolete] « Crooked and ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/203

  7. Curb
    Curb intransitive verb To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [ Obsolete] « Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. Shak. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/203

  8. Curb
    Curb noun 1. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. « He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. » « By these men , religion ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/203

  9. curb
    A hard, painful, inflammatory swelling on the back part of the hock of the horse; it occurs in the plantar ligament near its insertion, is characterised by swelling and heat in the part and generally by lameness, and is believed to be caused by straining the ligament in falling, jumping, or pulling. ... Synonym: curby hock. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. curb
    curbing noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. curb
    verb keep to the curb; `curb your dogs`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. curb
    noun a horse`s bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Curb
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. • (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Curb
    - The short elevation of an exterior wall above the deck of a roof. Normally a 2 by 6 box (on the roof) on which a skylight is attached.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa

  15. CURB
    A short wall or masonry built above the level of the roof that provides a means of flashing the deck equipment.
    Found on http://www.proofrock.com/construction_te

  16. Curb
    A raised edge of a concrete floor slab or support for a mechanical unit.
    Found on http://www.hancockjoist.com/glossary.htm


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23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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