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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
curtain
n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of
secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Curtain
(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide,
made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the
tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17).
(2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from
the sanctuary, is designated by a different Hebrew word
(peroketh). It is described as a "veil of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work" (Ex. 26:31; Lev.
16:2; Num. 18:7).
(3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isa. 40:22),
is an expression used with reference to the veil or awning which
Orientals spread for a screen over their courts in summer.
According to the prophet, the heavens are spread over our heads
as such an awning. Similar expressions are found in Ps. 104:2l;
comp. Isa. 44:24; Job 9:8.
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Thesaurus Results for curtain:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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