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Curtail
Pronunciation : Cur*tail" (kr-tl")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Curtal.]
Definition : Defn: To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Cur"tail (kr"tl)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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