Curt :: Curt (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer..

Curtail :: Curtail (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce..

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..

Curtailed :: Curtailed (imp. & p. p.) of Curtai.

Curtailer :: Curtailer (n.) One who curtails.

Curtailing :: Curtailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curtai.

Curtailment :: Curtailment (n.) The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

Curtain :: Curtain (v. t.) To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Curtained :: Curtained (imp. & p. p.) of Curtai.

Curtaining :: Curtaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curtai.

Curtal :: Curtal (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.

Curtal :: Curtal (n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short..

Curtal Ax :: Curtal ax () Alt. of Curtelass.

Curtal Friar :: Curtal friar () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.

Curtana :: Curtana (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor..

Curtate :: Curtate (a.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic..

Curtation :: Curtation (n.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.

Curtein :: Curtein (n.) Same as Curtana.

Curtelasse :: Curtelasse () A corruption of Cutlass.

Curtes :: Curtes (a.) Courteous.

Curtesies :: Curtesies (pl. ) of Curtes.

Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..

Curtilage :: Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house..

Curtle Ax :: Curtle ax () Alt. of Curtelass.

Curtly :: Curtly (adv.) In a curt manner.

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