Obs. [a. f. courbe, subst. use of the adj.: see prec. The modern form is CURB, under which the surviving senses will be found.]

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  1.  A crook, a hump.

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1393.  Gower, Conf., II. 159. Vulcanus, of whome I spake, He had a courbe upon the back.

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  2.  A swelling on the back of a horse’s hock: see CURB sb.

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