Definition of curt

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

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Rockaway :: Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side..
Curtained :: Curtained (imp. & p. p.) of Curtai.
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..
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.
Tape :: Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape..
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..
Leno :: Leno (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..
Longtail :: Longtail (n.) An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog..
Incurtain :: Incurtain (v. t.) To curtain.
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..
Scrim :: Scrim (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim..
Curtesies :: Curtesies (pl. ) of Curtes.
Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words..
Curtail :: Curtail (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce..
Hornwork :: Hornwork (n.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
Purdah :: Purdah (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains..
Cutlass :: Cutlass (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax..
Curtly :: Curtly (adv.) In a curt manner.
Encurtain :: Encurtain (v. t.) To inclose with curtains.
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