courb

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Verb

courb (courbs, present participle courbing; past and past participle courbed)

1. (obsolete) To bend; to bow.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:

     Thanne I courbed on my knees · and cryed hir of grace.

Adjective

courb

1. (obsolete) curved; rounded

   • Her neck is short, her shoulders courb.

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