About The Word Curtal
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Curtal
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What's The Definition Of Curtal?
[adj] (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Curtal: short Related Terms | Find terms related to Curtal: See Also | Curtal In Webster's Dictionary \Cur"tal\ (k?r"tal), a. [OF. courtault, F. courtaud,
having a docked tail (cf. It. cortaldo), fr. court short, L.
curtus. See {Curt}, and {Curtail}.]
Curt; brief; laconic.
Essays and curtal aphorisms. --Milton.
{Curtal dog}. See {Curtail dog}.
\Cur"tal\, n. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs] --Nares. |
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