CURTAILER
\kɜːtˈe͡ɪlə], \kɜːtˈeɪlə], \k_ɜː_t_ˈeɪ_l_ə]\
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One who: curtail-dog, a dog mutilated according to the forest laws to prevent him running down the royal game: curtail-step, the lowest step in a flight of stairs, ending at its outer extremity in a scroll.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Edward Augustus Warriner
- An American clergyman and writer; born Massachusetts in 1829. He has written: "Victor La Tourette"; "Kear: Poem"; "I Am That I Am: A Metrical Essay"; "The Gate Called Beautiful".