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Curtail Dog

Webster's Dictionary

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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Curtail Dog'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/curtail-dog.html. 1828.