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cur·tail dog
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Curtail Dognoun
A dog whose tail is cut off, and who is therefore hindered in coursing. Perhaps this word may be the original of cur.
I, amazed, ran from her as a witch; and I think, if my breast had not been made of faith, and my heart of steel, she had transformed me to a curtail dog, and made me turn i’ th’ wheel. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.
Webster Dictionary
Curtail dog
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 mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of curtail dog in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of curtail dog in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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