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1. curtain, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A piece of cloth or similar material suspended by the top so as to admit of being withdrawn sideways, and serving as a screen or hanging for purposes of use or ornament;...
2. lump, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A compact mass of no particular shape; a shapeless piece or mass; often with implication of excessive size, protuberant outline, or clumsiness. Also ellipt., = lump of sugar....
3. scripture, n. View full entry a1300
...(Usually with capital initial.)...
4. ugly, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1300
...Having an appearance or aspect which causes dread or horror; frightful or horrible, esp. through deformity or squalor. (Now merged in sense A. 3)...
