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

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..

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

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

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

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

Longtail :: Longtail (n.) An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog..

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..

Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished..

Dock :: Dock (v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse..

Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc..

Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

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

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

Bobtailed :: Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat..

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

Trunk :: Trunk (v. t.) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

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