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Carried by upper-level winds, the Krakatoa-esque ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano has curtained several more countries in a caustic no-fly zone.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2010

It has curtained the other vessel, spreading over her like a pall, and will surely do the same with their own.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne