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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Curtal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Short; abridged; brief.

Curtal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A horse with a docked tail.

Curtal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Curtal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.

Curtal ax Webster's Dictionary 1913

Curtal friar Webster's Dictionary 1913

A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.