curate 
Send down ll|H,u uiir I'.Hliop*. anil Curate*, and nil r,,n 
i i")l.H collllnitte. I to tllrir ' h:il -' Hi ' ll. ill Mill Spil il 
i>f (hy -r;irr. 
Boole iff Cum mini I'm aft I Kn;j.|, I'ravcr '"'' <'lcrjjy and 
[ I'.'iiplr. 
1401 Curculionidae 
II. n. 1 A lmr<l anil callous swelling on vuri- curb-key ( kerb'ke), it. In tflty., a peculiar key 
OUH parts of a horse's leg, us l lie hinder part of usnl in operating submarine cables, .li-si-m-il 
the hock, the inside of the hoof, beneath the to prevent the prolongation ami confusion of 
elbow of the hoof, e|.-. signals growing out of induction. 
various kimls .if hem-Meed parochial clergy, such a* Curb (kerb), r. [ < M K. <-nnrli< n, l;i-rhrn, beml, CUrbleSS (kcrb'les), rt. [< ritrli + -/i.s-.v. ] I l:n - 
bow, crouch. < )!'. nmr/mr, corber, curber, F. ingno curb or restraint. 
nun -In r = I'r. cnriiiir. .;;/ = OSp. i-orntr (now curboulyt, - v : .-A,,/,,//,. (;,., ArTli- 
irrnr) = Pg. curvar = It. euruare, < L. cc- tary Antiquities. 
, bend, curve, < cumin, bent, curved : see curb-pin (kerb'pin), n. One of the pins on the 
i-iin-i; it., and curve, v., of which curb is a doub- lever of the regulator of a watch which em- 
brace the hair-spring of the balanc.- HIM! regu- 
late its vibrations. /;. //. linii/lit. 
curb-plate (kerb 'plat), . 1. In arch.: (a) 
The wall-plate of a circular or elliptical dome 
or roof. E. If. Knight, (b) In a curb-roof, the 
plate which receives the feet of the upper raf- 
ters, (c) The plate of a skylight. 2. The 
cylindrical frame of a well ; a well-curb. See 
curb, n.v, 4 (b). 
rcct.ii^. vicars, anil all other IHTM.NS uho are now 
in common parlance ineiinilients, ami uh.. in old times 
were -elierally kll"\\ II as fit rut''*, trulll their ha'i inu' cure ol 
souls. J. C. Jeafremii, Book about the t'lcrny, I. 4-'i. 
2. In (lie Church of Kngland, and in the Irish 
I Ionian Catholic church, a clergyman employed 
under the incumbent (whether rector or vicar), 
either as assistant in the same church or in a 
chapel within the parish and connected with 
the church. The curate is the offlcer of lowest dciircc 
in the church of Knuland ; he must be licensed by the 
hishop or orilinary. The term is not in use in the United 
Mat.'-. 
3f. A guardian; a protector Perpetual curate, 
in KHII. eeele*. liar, formerly, a curate of a parish in which 
tl.cic U;H neither rector nor vicar, anil the benefice of 
hich was iii possession and control of a layman. Per- 
petual curacies have since 1868 been abolished, every In- 
cinnhcnt of a church (not a rector) who is entitled to per- 
form marriages, etc., ami to appropriate the fees, being 
no\v deemed a vicar and his benefice a vicarage. Stipen- 
diary curate, in the Clutrcli of England, a curate wno is 
hired by the rector or vicar to servo for him, and may be 
remo\eii at pleasure. 
curate'-'t, . See cumfi. 
curatelle (ku-ra-tel'), . [F., < ML. euratus, 
care, < L. citntre, care: see cure, .] In French 
I'lir, guardianship; comtnitteeship; tutorship. 
curateship (ku'rat-ship), ii. Same as curacy, 1. 
euratess (ku'rat-es), n. [< curate + -ens.} The 
wife of a curate. [Rare.] 
A very lowly curate I might perhaps essay to rule ; but 
a euratess would be sure to get the better of me. 
Trollope, Barchester Towers, xxi. 
curationt, . [= F. duration = Sp. curacion = 
Pg. euraySo = It. curazione, < L. curatio(ti-), 
cure, healing, < curare, pp. euratus, take care, 
cure : see cure, .] Cure ; healing. 
Hut I may not endure that thou dwelle 
In so unskilful an opynyou, 
That of thy wo is no curacion. 
Chaucer, Trollus, i. 701. 
The method of curatuni lately delivered by David Buck- 
barns was approved by the profession of Leyden. 
Sir T. Brou-ne, Vnlg. Err. 
curative (kii'ra-tiv). a. and n. [= F. curatif = 
Sp. Pg. It. curatiro, < L. as if "curativus, < curare, 
pp. euratus, cure: see cure, v."] I. a. 1. Relat- 
ing to the cure of diseases. 2. Promoting cure ; 
having the power or a tendency to cure. 
II. . That which cures or serves to cure ; a 
remedy. 
curatively (ku'ra-tiv-li), adv. In a curative 
manner ; as a curative. 
curator (ku-ra'tor), n. [= F. curatettr = Pr. 
Sp. Pg. curator = It. curatore, < L. curator, one 
who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, 
trustee, < curare, pp. euratus, take care of: see 
cure, v.] 1. In Rom. law, one appointed to man- 
age the affairs of a person past the age of pu- 
let.] I. trans. If. To bend ; curve. 
Ill- tunnies soft.- and esy forto were 
Therou, lest liondes harde It [the vine] krrbr or tere. 
I'allmlin-, llusliondrie (I). K. T. S.), p. 72. 
Crooked an. I ciirliril lines. 
Iliilliiml, tr. ..( I'llltalrli. p. <i7s. 
2. To bend to one's will ; check ; restrain ; hold 
in check; control; keep in subjection: as, to 
curb the passions. 
Monarchies need not fear any curbing of their absolute- 
ness by mighty subjects, as long as hy wisdom they keep 
tile heart* of the people. 
/.'". -../*, Advancement of Learning, it. 145. 
Bo la the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of 
a dead father. Sltak., II. of V., L Z. 
The haughty noMlity of Castile winced more than once 
at finding themselves curbed so tightly by their new mas- 
ters. Prencott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 6. 
He guides the force he gave ; his hand restrains 
And curb* It to the circle it must trace. 
Bryant, Order of Nature (trans.). 
3. To restrain or control with a curb ; guide 
and manage with the reins. 
Part curb their flery steeds. Milton, P. L., 11. 581. 
4. To strengthen or defend by a curb : as, to 
curb a well or a bank of earth. 
Il.t intraim. To bend ; crouch. 
Thanne I courbed on my knees and cryed hir of grace. 
Pier* Plnurman (B), i. 79. 
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, 
Vea, curb and woo, for leave to do him good. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 4. 
curb (kerb), . 2 [In some senses formerly also 
kerb; < curb, r.] 1. That which checks, re- 
strains, or holds back ; restraint ; check ; con- 
trol. 
curb-roof (kerb'rof), . In arch., a roof in 
which the rafters, instead of continuing straight 
ftiagram of Curb-roof. 
A, tie-beam ; B, collar-beam ; C, C, rafters. 
down from the ridge to the walls, 
are received at a given height on 
plates, which in their turn are 
supported by rafters less in- 
clined to the horizon, whose 
bearing is directly on the walls. 
The roof thus presents a bent appear- 
ance, whence its name. The Mansard 
roof is a form of curb-roof In which the 
slope of the lower section usually ap- 
proaches the perpendicular, while tiiat 
of the upper section approaches the 
horizontal, the angle lietween the two 
Section of Curb-roof. 
A, rafter, the foot 
of which projects 
over the plate B ; ( . 
cornice ; F, bed- 
mold . F, slates or 
shingles. 
sections thus being strongly marked. 
This is a defence to the adjoyning countrey ; a safe- Curb-sender (kerb'sen'der), . An automatic 
guard ami a cnrb to the city. Santlyt, Travailes, p. ids. signaling apparatus invented by Sir W. Thorn- 
Wild natures need wise curbs. Tennyson, Princess, v. gon o f Glasgow and Prof. Fleeming Jenkin of 
Specifically 2. A chain or strap attached to Edinburgh, used in submarine telegraphy. The 
i- message is punched on a paper ribbon, which is thci 
the upper ends of the branches of the bit of a bri 
die, and passing under the horse's lower jaw, 
used chiefly in controlling an unruly or high- 
spirited horse. The curb-rein is attached to the lower 
ends of the fauces, and when it is pulled the curb is pressed 
forward against the horse's jaw with a tendency to break 
it if the pressure is great. See cut under harnei*. 
He that before ran In the pastures wild 
felt the stiff cur* control his angry jaws. 
Drayton, Eclogues, iv. 
To stop the moiithes of our adversaries, and to bridle 
them with their own curb. Milton, 1'relatlcal Episcopacy. 
3. A line of joined stones set upright at the outer 
edge of a walk, or at one of the edges of a street 
passed through the transmitting apparatus by clockwork. 
The name is due to the fact that when a current of one 
kind of electricity is sent by the instrument, another of 
the opposite kin. I is sent immediately after to curb the 
first, the citect of the second transmission being to make 
the indication produced by the first sharp and distinct, 
instead of slow and uncertain. 
curbstone (kerb'ston), n. 1. A stone placed 
against earth or brick- or stone work to prevent 
it from falling out or spreading. 2. Specifi- 
cally, one of the stones set together on edge at 
the outer side of a sidewalk, forming a curb. 
Formerly also spelled kerbxtone, kirbnione. 
Curbstone broker. See utrert broker, under liruker. 
berty when from any cause he has become un- 
fit to manage them himself. 2. In civil law, a or road, forming the inner side of a gutter; a CUTCh (kurch), n. [Sc-> also courche, etc., an- 
guardian ; specifically, one who has the care of row of curbstones. [In this and related uses other form of kerch, ME. kerche, short for ker- 
the estate of a minor or other incompetent per- formerly also spelled kerb.] 4. In meclt. : (a) chef, kerchif, curcheff, E. kerchief: see kerch, ker- 
son. 3. One who has the care arid superin- A breast-wall or retaining-wall erected to sup- chief."] A kerchief; a covering for the head 
tendence of something, as of a public museum, 
fine-art collection, or the like. * 
Seeing the above-mentioned strangers are like to con- 
tinue here yet awhile, at the least some of them, the soci- 
ety shall much stand In need of a curator of experiments. 
Boyle, Works, VI. 147. 
curatorship (ku-ra'tpr-ship), n. [< curator + 
-xli/ii."] The office of a curator. 
curatory (kii'ra-to-ri), . [< ML. curatoria, < 
L. curator, a curator.] In Rom. law, the office 
of a curator ; curatorship ; tutelage. 
The citraturtj of minors above pnpilarity was of much 
Katije. Brit., XX. 689. 
worn by women ; an inner linen cap. 
O in my basnet a widow's eurrh ! 
Kimnont Willie (Child's Ballads, VI. CO). 
port a bank of earth, (b) A casing of stone, 
wood, brick, or iron, built inside a well that is 
being sunk, or the framework above and around 
a well, (e) A boarded Structure used to con- She snatched from her head the cunh or cap, which had 
tain concrete until it hardens into a pier or been '"sordered during her hysterical agony, 
foundation, (a) The outer casing of a tur- 
bine-wheel, (e) A curved shrouding which curchefft, . An obsolete form of kerchief. 
confines the water against the floats or buckets CUrcbie (kur'chi), ti. A dialectal (Scotch) form 
of a scoop-wheel or breast-wheel. (/) The of 8 " r *fi courtesy. 
wall-plate at the springing of a dome, (g) The Wi ' a eurehie low did stoop. Burta, Holy Fair, 
wall-plate on the top of the permanent part Curculio (ker-ku'li-6), n. [NL., < L. curculio, 
of a windmill, on which the cap rotates as the also gurgulio, a corn-worm, a weevil.] 1. A Lin- 
wind veers. (h) An inclined^ circular plate nean genus of weevils or snout-beetles, for- 
later date than the Tables. 
curatrix (ku-rii'triks), H. [LL., fern, of L. cu- placed round the edge of a kettle to prevent merly'conterminous with the Curculionidtt, now 
rator: see ciii-iitor.] 1 . A woman, or anything the contents from boiling over. greatly restricted or disused. 2. [I.e."] A 
regarded as feminine, that cures or heals. CUrba (ker'bji), . An African measure of ca- weevil; particularly, one of the common fruit- 
[Rare.] pacitv, ranging at different places from 7i to weevils which work great destruction among 
That "nature ' of Hippocrates that is the mratrix of 1" gallons, used by the negroes in the sale of plums, and which receive the colloquial name 
It maybe a tub, "little Turk," from the crescent-shaped mark 
Cudu-urth, intellectual system, p. 107. palm-oil, grain, pulse, etc. 
a basket, or an earthen pot. 
CUTbable (ker'ba-bl), a. [= F. courbable; as curc 
~ 
diseases. , . . 
2. A female superintendent or guardian, a basket, or an earthen pot. left by their sting. See cut under Conotrachi-liix. 
' rculionid (ker-ku-li-on'id), a. and . I. . 
l{i<-li,i>-il.ioH. , . . 
curb (kerb), a. and H. l [I. .: < ME.cour&e, adj., curb + -able. ~\ Capable of being curbed or re- Of or pertaining to the CurculioiiMa. 
< OF. fimrb,; i-orbt; mod. F. courbe = Pr. corb 8tT v 1 ufi 1 ',, tKare.] T]le American agriculturist may have to encounter still 
= Sp. Pg. It. ciirm, < L. curtain, bent, crooked CUrb-Dlt (kerb bit), . A form of bit for the another enemy of his labors a curculionid beetle the 
curved: see curre, <i , of which curb is a doub- bridl of a horse, which, by the exertion of 
Phytonomus puuctatus. fimithtoniau Krport,im,p.t49. 
liakkc lie hituli 
:ind a-nother IK. fore a '-1:1 in the invstc. -check upon the motion of any moving piece of 
i (K. K. T. s.). iii. tar,, apparatus. 
rous Cult ii/iti i-ii or beetles: tile weevils or snout- 
beetles, one of the most extensive groups of 
