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Behind the curtainCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. CurtailCurtail Cur*tail" (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
Curtal.]
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. --Macaulay. Curtail
Curtail Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.
Curtail dog
Curtail dog Cur"tail dog` (d[o^]g`; 115).
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.
Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. --Shak.
CurtailedCurtail Cur*tail" (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
Curtal.]
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. --Macaulay. Curtailer
Curtailer Cur*tail"er (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"[~e]r), n.
One who curtails.
CurtailingCurtail Cur*tail" (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
Curtal.]
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. --Macaulay. Curtailment
Curtailment Cur*tail"ment (k?r-t?l"ment), n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. --Bancroft.
CurtainCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. CurtainCurtain Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained (-t?nd; 48);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.
--Milton. Curtain lectureCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. CurtainedCurtain Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained (-t?nd; 48);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.
--Milton. CurtainingCurtain Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained (-t?nd; 48);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.
--Milton. CurtalCurtal 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. Curtal
Curtal Cur"tal, n.
A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs]
--Nares.
Curtal axCurtal ax Cur"tal ax` (?ks`), Curtle ax Cur"tle ax`,
Curtelasse Curte"lasse (k?rt"las).
A corruption of Cutlass. Curtal dogCurtal 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. Curtal friar
Curtal friar Cur"tal fri`ar (fr?`?r).
A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. --Sir
W. Scott.
CurtanaCurtana Cur*ta"na (k?r-t?"n?), 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. CurtateCurtate Cur"tate (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p. p. of curtare
to shorten, fr. curtus. See Curt.] (Astron.)
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.
Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See Cycloid. Curtate cycloidCurtate Cur"tate (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p. p. of curtare
to shorten, fr. curtus. See Curt.] (Astron.)
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.
Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See Cycloid. Curtation
Curtation Cur*ta"tion (k?r-t?"sh?n), n. (Astron.)
The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is
less than the true distance.
Decurtation
Decurtation De`cur*ta"tion, n. [L. decurtatio.]
Act of cutting short. [Obs.]
Encurtain
Encurtain En*cur"tain, v. t.
To inclose with curtains.
Incurtain
Incurtain In*cur"tain, v. t.
To curtain. [Obs.]
The curtain fallsCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. The curtain risesCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. To draw the curtainCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. To drop the curtainCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. Uncurtain
Uncurtain Un*cur"tain, v. t. [1st pref. un- + curtain.]
To remove a curtain from; to reveal. --Moore.
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