curbpins

pl. Horol.: The pins on the lever of a watch-regulator which embrace the hair-spring of the balance and regulate its vibrations. little curb. "I sprung from my horse and tied the steed With silver curblet to a tree." Sir J. Bowring: The Strawberries. cur'-cas, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Bot.: A genus of Euphorbiaceæ, tribe Crotonese. It was formerly merged in Jatropha, but it has a bell-shaped corolla, while Jatropha has one with distinct petals. Curcas purgans is what was for curb-plate, s. Arch.: The wall-plate of a circular or elliptical merly called Jatropha curcas. It is a large bush or dome or roof.