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Curt; brief; laconic.

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  1. a. Curt; brief; laconic.
  2. n. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
  3. adj. (archaic) docked
  4. Curt; brief; laconic.Essays and curtal aphorisms. Milton.Curtal dog. See Curtail dog.
  5. s (obsolete) cut short