Cursive
Cur″sive (k?r″s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.] Running; flowing.Cursive hand,a running handwriting.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Cursive (2)
Cur″sive, n. 1. A character used in cursive writing.2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; — opposed to u...
Cursor
Cur″sor (k?r″s?r), n. [L., a runner. See Cursitor.] Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Cursorary
Cur″so‐ra‐ry (–s?–r?–r?), a. Cursory; hasty.With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles.Shak.
Cursores
‖Cur‐so″res (k?r–s?″rEz), n. pl. [L. cursor, pl. cursores, a runner.] (Zoöl.) (a) An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaæ. (b) A group of r...
Cursorial
Cur‐so″ri‐al (k?r–s?″r?–al), a.(Zoöl.) (a) Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. (b) Of or pertain...
Cursorily
Cur″so‐ri‐ly (k?r″s?–r?–l?), adv. In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Cursoriness
Cur″so‐ri‐ness, n. The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.
Cursory
Cur″so‐ry (k?r″s?–r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor. See Cursor.] 1. Running about; not stationary.2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superfi...
Curst
Curst (k?rst), imp. & p. p. of Curse.
Curst (2)
Curst, a. [SeeCurse.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.Though his mindBe ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind.Crashaw.
Curstfully
Curst″ful‐ly (–fụl‐ly̆), adv. Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably. “Curstfully mad.” Marston.
Curstness
Curst″ness (kûrst″nĕs), n. Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. Shak.
Curt
Curt (kŭrt), a. [L. curtus; cf. Skr. kart to cut. Cf. Curtail.] Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.The curt, yet comprehen...
Curtail
Cur‐tail″ (kŭr‐tāl″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Curtailed (–tāld″); p. pr. & vb. n.Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to di...
Curtail (2)
Cur″tail (k?r″t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Curtail dog
Cur″tail dog′ (dŏg′; 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 ...
Curtailer
Cur‐tail″er (kŭr‐tāl″ẽr), n. One who curtails.
Curtailment
Cur‐tail″ment (k?r–t?l″ment), n. The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
Curtain
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 ...
Curtain (2)
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 bedCurtained with cloudy...
Curtal
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 c...
Curtal (2)
Cur″tal, n. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. Nares.
Curtal ax
{ Cur″tal ax′ (?ks′), Cur″tle ax′, Curte″lasse (k?rt″las) }. A corruption of Cutlass.
Curtal friar
Cur″tal fri′ar (fr?′?r). A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.
Curtana
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 o...
Curtate
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...