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CURTAIL, v.t. [L., to cut; edge.] To shorten; to cut off the end or a part; as, ...
CURTAIL-DOG, n. A dog whose tail is cut off, according to the forest laws, and t...
CURTAILED, pp. Cut short or shorter; abridged.
CURTAILING, ppr. Cutting short or shorter; abridging. CURTAILING , n. Abridgment...
CURTAIN, n. [Low L., in fortification. This word may be from the root of court, ...
CURTAIN-LECTURE, n. Reproof given in bed by a wife to her husband.
CURTAL, n. A horse with a docked tail. CURTAL , a. Short; abridged; brief.
CURTATE, a. [L., to shorten.] The curtate distance, in astronomy, is the distanc...
CURTATION, n. [See Curtate .] The interval between a planets distance from the s...
CURTILAGE, n. In law, a yard, garden, inclosure or field near and belonging to a...
CURTLY, adv. Briefly. [Not in use.]
CURULE, a. [L., a chariot.] Belonging to a chariot. The curule chair or seat, am...
CURVATED, a. [See Curve .] Curved; bent in a regular form.
CURVATURE, n. [L. See Curve .] A bending in a regular form; crookedness, or the ...
CURVE, a. [L., bent, crooked; to bend, turn or wind.] Bending; crooked; inflecte...
CURVED, pp. Bent; regularly inflected.