·noun The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, ·etc.
II. Curtail ·vt To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to Shorten; to Abridge; to Diminish; to Reduce.
·- A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the fo...
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