Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CURB, v.t.

1. To restrain; to guide and manage; as a horse. – Milton.
2. To restrain; to check; to hold back; to confine; to keep in subjection; as, to curb the passions. And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wild. – Milton.
3. To furnish or surround with a curb, as a well.
4. To bend. [Not used.]