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Curtail vs Shotten - What's the difference?

curtail | shotten |

As verbs the difference between curtail and shotten

is that curtail is (obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal while shotten is (archaic).

As a noun curtail

is (architecture) a scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

As an adjective shotten is

having ejected the spawn.

curtail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
    • ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  • To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
    • When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  • (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
    • Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
  • * Macaulay
    • Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.

    Synonyms

    * (animal's tail) crop, dock * shorten * behedge, control, limit, restrain

    Derived terms

    * curtailer * curtailment

    Related terms

    * curt * curtal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

    • Anagrams

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    shotten

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having ejected the spawn.
    • a shotten herring
    (Shakespeare)
  • Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
    • English irregular past participles ----