CURTAILED

Verb

curtailed

simple past tense and past participle of curtail

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CURTAIL

Cur*tail" (kr-tl"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] Etym: [See Curtal.]

Definition: 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.

Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.

Definition: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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