Index of English words, starting with "cu"

(1) - Curst (a.) Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.
(2) - Curst () imp. & p. p. of Curse.
(3) - Curst () of Curse

(1) - Curt (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.

(1) - Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
(2) - Curtail (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

(1) - Curtailment (n.) The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.

(1) - Curtain (v. t.) To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
(2) - Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
(3) - Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
(4) - Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
(5) - Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.