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Pronunciation : Cur"vet (kr"vt or kr-vt"; 277)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. corvet, It.corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See Curve, and cf. Corvetto.]
Definition : 1. (Man.)

Defn: A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.

2. A prank; a frolic.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cur"vet
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. It. corvettare. See Curvet, n.]
Definition : 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet." Drayton.

2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. Shak.

i. [imp. & p.p. Curveted or -vetted; p.pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cur"vet
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to curvet. Landor.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913