Part 2689

<hw>Cur"ti*lage</hw> <tt>(k<?/r"t<?/-l<?/j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cortillage</ets>, <ets>curtillage</ets>, fr. <ets>cortil</ets> court, courtyard, LL. <ets>cortis</ets> court. See <er>Court</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Curtly</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Curt"ly</hw> <tt>(k?rt"l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a curt manner.</def>

<h1>Curtness</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Curt"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of bing curt.</def>

<h1>Curtsy</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Curt"sy</hw> <tt>(k?rt"s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Courtesy</er>, an act of respect.</def>

<h1>Curule</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cu"rule</hw> <tt>(k?"r?l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curulis</ets>, fr. <ets>currus</ets> a charoit: cf. F. <ets>curule</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a charoit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>curule</i> chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold.</note>

<cs><col>Curule dignity</col> <cd>right of sitting in the curule chair.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cururo</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cu*ru"ro</hw> <tt>(k??-r??"r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chilian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus <spn>Spalacopus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Curval krv<it>a</it>l, Curvant</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw><hw>Cur"val</hw> <tt>(k?r"v<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <hw>Cur"vant</hw> <tt>(-v<it>a</it>nt)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvans</ets>, <ets>p</ets>. <ets>pr</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Bowed; bent; curved.</def>

<h1>Curvate krvt, Curvated</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw><hw>Cur"vate</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?t)</tt>, <hw>Cur"va*ted</hw> <tt>(-v?-t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvatus</ets> p. p. of <ets>curvare</ets> to curve, fr. <ets>curvus</ets>. See <er>Curve</er>.]</ety> <def>Bent in a regular form; curved.</def>

<h1>Curvation</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur*va"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r-v?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of bending or crooking.</def>

<h1>Curvative</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"va*tive</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?-t?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves.</def>

<i>Henslow.</i>

<h1>Curvature</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"va*ture</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?-t?r; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvatura</ets>. See <er>Curvate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>The elegant <b>curvature</b> of their fronds. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>