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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.
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a.
Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.
v. t.
To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.
v. t.
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
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.
v. t.
To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
a.
Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished.
n.
One who curtails.
imp. & p. p.
of Curtail
n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.
n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
a.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
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.
v. t.
To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Curtail
a.
Short; scanty; curtailed.
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.
v. t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
n.
An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.
v. t.
To cut short; to curtail.
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