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English Dictionary: curtailing	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curtail \Curtail"\ (k[ucr]rt[amac]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtailed} (-t[amac]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.