[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge ; reduce ; diminish .Synonyms: dock , lessen"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.", "Also calledcurtail step.a starting step having a scroll termination to one or both ends of the tread."]}]