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curtal

/kur-tl/US // ˈkɜr tl //UK // (ˈkɜːtəl) obsolete //

遏止,凝结,凝固剂,凝固

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. wearing a short frock: a curtal friar.
    • : Obsolete. brief; curtailed.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a 16th-century bassoon.
    • : Obsolete. an animal with a docked tail.

Examples

  • Curtal is a small horse; properly one who hath his tail docked or curtailed.

  • "I am but a poor anchorite, a curtal friar," replied the other, pushing out for his side of the river.

  • A gret doble trottynge hors called a curtal, for his lordship to ride out on out of towns.

  • Some blackguard or other, I think it was Sybrandt, said, "A lie is not like a blow with a curtal axe."

  • Item, double trottynge hors, called a curtal, for his lordship to ryde on out of townes.

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