Curtail again, in Erin's Isle I then abound,
And if again you venture, a father will be found.
Answer: Patent, paten, pate, Pat, pa.
Curtail a patriarchal dwelling-place, and find the number of that council in ancient Rome of which Appius Claudius was the chief.
Answer: Tent, ten.
Curtail the miser's treasure, and it becomes grey with age or white as the frost on the grass.
Answer: Hoard, hoar.
A monarch curtailed becomes to all a blood relation, said by Hamlet to be less than kind.
Answer: King, kin.
Curtail that organ which is said by some to be the seat of all emotion, and there remains one of the five senses.