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Show COE CU them, into which they make out fuc original writs as are required. 'The are a corporation among themfelves Coaeldl Jrigil and fiftrum, ify in('cead.ot a cmvy{omb an cymbal, he could fee ffamped in the margin fmal Lacke w. a. [cupyian, Saxon. g5 CURSE Curfe me this people; for they are too mighty fo Numbers me After Solyman had looiced upon the dead body drawn, and ingroffed in parchment and bitterly curfed the fame, he caufed a grea weight to be tied unto it, and fo caft into the fea Knolles 2. T mifchief O'erglanc'd the articles to afli&t ; to torment This power Fud.xvis 2 Neither have I fuffered my mouth to fin, b Fob. - withing a curfe to his foul I never went from your lordfhip but with "longing to return, or without a hearty cur/fe to hi ¢ who invented ceremonies, and put me on the neceflity of withdrawing Dryden ' .Curfe on the ftripling ! how he apes his fire Addifor's Cato ___Ambitioufly fententious Cu'rsep. participial adj. [from curfe. pti ) af fi b h 1. Deferving a curfe ; hateful; deteftable abominable ; wicked Merciful pow'rs Reftrain in me the curfed thoughts that natur Shakefpeare's Macbeth Gives way to in repofe b 2. Unholy; unfandified; blafte - curfe Come, lady, while heav'n lends us grace Let us'fly this curfed place Left the forcerer us-entic Not a wafte or needlefs fcund Till we come to holier ground \ Milton troublefome This curfed quarrel be no more renew'd Be, as becomes a wife, obedient ftill Though griev'd, yet fubjeét to her hufband's will Dryden One day, I think, in Paradife he liy'd Deftin'd the next his journey to purfue Where wounding thorns and curfed thiftles grew Prior Cu'rsEpLY. adv. [from curfed.] Miferably ; fhamefully : a low cant word Satisfaction rand reftitution lies fo curfedly har on the gizzard ‘Sure this i ‘being over-ru not regain on ~ another of our publicans L' Eftrange a nation that is cuzfedly afraid o with too much politenefs, and cangreat genius but at the expence o Pope Cu'rsepNEss. #. /. [from curfed.] Th e under a curfe _{ta of bein Cu'rsair. 7z /. [from cur.] Dogthip «meannefs ; {coundrelfhip How durft he, I fay, oppofe thy cur/bip Gainft arms, authority, and worthip? " Hudibras CU'RSITOR n. /. [Latin. Cu'rrair Dog. ». [0 A dog lawed, o mutilated according to the foreit laws folicitou atten whofe tail is cut off, and who is therefor an no other, Luthe difowns hindered in courfing. Perhaps this wor may be the original of cur a The firft, upo a curfor an CursT wa Addifon fure very merr Sol throug And op'd thof Thy hand And univerfa ~An office ‘or clerk belonging to the Chancery ,that makes out original writs The are called clerks of courfe, in the oat . .of the clerks of :Chancery. Of thef ‘there are twenty-four in number, whic Vou. I So foon as the all-cheering fu Should in the fartheft eaft begin to dra The thady curtain from Aurora's bed Shake[peare's Romeo and Fulict Crafbaw The Then, noble partners Touch you the foureft pointswith fweeteft terms Nor curfinefs grow to the matter Shakefpeare's Antony and Clevpatra Her mouth fhe writh'd, her forchead taught t did fhew CURTAIN-LECTURE the curffuefs of Dryden was anciently writte haps 1s more proper their tails cut bein the word was vulgarl [curto Latin #. / [from curtai and Jlefure.] A reproof given by .a wif to her hufband in bed What endlefs brawls by wives are bred The curtain-lecture makes a mournful bed Dryden's Fidwenal She ought to exert the authority of the curtain I czrzal, which perbut dogs that ha called curzal dogs conceived to mea lecture, and, if {he finds him of a rebellious difpof Addifon tion, to tame him 79 CuRTAIN. v, 2. [from the noun.] T originally zo cut the tail, and was in tim inclofe or accommodate with curtains written according to that notion. Now o'er one half the worl Nature*feems dead, and wicked dreams abuf 1. To cut off; to cut thort ; to fhorten 1, that am curtail'd of all fair proportion Deform'd, unfinifh'd, fent before my tim Into this breathing worlds . Shakefp. Richard 111 Then why thould'we ourfelves abridge Hudibras And curéail our own privilege Cra'/ba'w The governour, not difcouraged, fuddenly:o timber and boards raifed up a eurrain twelve foo Knolles high, at the back of his foidiers adj. [from curtus, Latin.] Short a the curtain will be drawn Military Diét. ‘ Her eyes to {parkle fires to love unknown v 4. [In fortification. That part of the wal or rampart that lies between two baftions frown 7o CURTAIL Let them {leep, let them fleep on Till this ftormy night be gone And th' eternal morrow daw nefs; frowardnefs; malignity Curw ray Pope fall Pope 3. To open it, {o as to difcern the objett 2. /. [from curft.] Peevifh fpoke ‘alou white curtains fhot a tim'rou eyes that muft eclipfe the day great Dulnefs ! lets the curzai darknefs buries all I muft draw a curtain before the work for while; and keep your patience a little in fufpenfe Burnet's Theory Once more I write to you, and this once wil be the laft : the curtain will foon be drawn betwee riend and me, and nothing left but to wifh yo Pope a long good night 1 would not wed her for a mine of gold. Shakefp ‘When I diffluaded him from his intent And found him pight to do it with cuz/? fpeech Shaks King Lears I threaten'd to difcover him And thongh his min ev'ry featur fhrew t light To clofe it 2. o draw the Curtain fo as to fhut out the light, or concea the object Her only fault, and that is faultenough Is, that fhe is intolerably curf? And fhrewd and froward, fo beyond all meafure An to admit or exclude th Their curtains_ought to be kept open, fo as t Arbuthnot on Dict rencw the air Shakefp. Winter's Tale Her fallow cheelcs her envious min a bed; to darken a room Curft cows have fhort horns Proverb I pray you, though you mock me, gentlemen Let her not hurt me: I was never curf} T have no gift at all in fhrewithnefs I am a right maid, for my cowardice Let her not ftrike me. Shak. Midf. Night's Drcam T'H go feeif the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much he hatheaten : they are never cur Cu'rsTNESS to conceal or difcover any thing ; to fhad Afehan's Schoolmafer Be ne'er fo curft, his tongue is kind an CURTAIN. #. f. [cortina, Latin, 1. A cloth contfacted or expanded at plea with both parties; pleafantly playing both with th threwd touches of many curft boys, and with th {mall difcretion of many lewd fchoolmafters but when they are hungry a witch a Shakefpeare's Comedy of Errours nant; mifchievous; malicious; fnarling after his manner he fro my heart of fteel, fhe had transformed m curtail dog, and made me turn i' th" wheel adj. Froward ; peevith ; malig Mr. Mafon ra think if'my breaft had not been made of faith, an fuperficial view appeared like the head of another man amazed I That, were my ftate far worfer than it is With fome other new device 3. Vexatious it of three letters; for that his name was not Faé? Addifow but FaéZion CURSORY. adj. [from carforius, Latin. Hafty; quick; inattentive; carelefs CursE. 2 /. [from the verb. 1. Malediétion ; wifh of evil to another 2. Afli&ion ; torment; vexation y b The count affured the court, that Faét his antagonift had taken a wrong name, having curtaile Cu'rsor1nEss. 7. /i [from curfory.] Sligh attention of alfo in my ears, behold the filver is with me flal 2. It has of before the thing cut off any one that views the place but cur/orily muft need fee Atterbury - vengeance The filver about which thou curfedf?, and fpeakef i Bacon tion 9o Curst. w. n. To imprecate; to den or affirm with imprecation of divi i they often lofe all but their firft fyllables Addifon's Spettator Skakefpe Henry V. without care; withou Thy plagues, and curfe 'em with fuch fons as thofe Pope e &; words; and, in familiar writings and converfations Cu'rsor11ry. adw. [from curfory.] Haflily On impious realms and barb'rous kings impof wl Perhaps this humour of fpeaking no more tha we muft, has fo miferably curtailed {fome of ou I have but with a curforary ey Dry.and Lece and expence of their time would as afluredly curtail and retrench the ordinary means of knowledge and erudition, as it woul Weodward thorten the opportunities of vice Cu'rsorAarY. adj. [from curfus, Latin. Curfory ; hafty ; carelefs. A word, believe, only found in the followin line What, yet again ! the third time haft thou cur me This imprecation was for Latus' death And thou haft withed melike him This general employ Then is the recognition and value, figned wit the handwriting of that juftice, carried by the curJSitor in Chancery for that fhire where thofe land do lie, and by him is a writ of covenant thereupo 1. To wifh evil to ; to execrate ; to devote Sceibblers fend us over their trafh in profe an verfe, with abominable curtailings and quaint moSwift dernifms have certain fhires allotted to each o ' He has a clearer idea from a little print thankfrom a long definition; and fo ‘he would have o pictures of thefe inftruments ez The curtain'd fleep Shake[peare's MacketF The wand'ring prince and Dido When with a happy ftorm they were furpris'd And ¢urtain''d with a counfel-keeping caye. Shak But |