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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..

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

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..

Curtes :: Curtes (a.) Courteous.

Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights..

Uncurtain :: Uncurtain (v. t.) To remove a curtain from; to reveal.

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship..

Decurt :: Decurt (v. t.) To cut short; to curtail.

Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words..

Messuage :: Messuage (n.) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household..

Encurtain :: Encurtain (v. t.) To inclose with curtains.

Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..

Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree..

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

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..

Four-poster :: Four-poster (n.) A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.

Loop :: Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain..

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.

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