CULVERTAILED
CULVERTAILED, adjective United or fastened, as pieces of timber by a dove-tailed joint; a term used by shipwrights.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CUMBENT
CUMBENT, adjective [Latin] Lying down.
CUMBER
CUMBER, verb transitive [G., to arrest, to concern, to trouble, to grieve.]1. To load; to crowd.A variety of frivolous arguments cumbers the memory to no purpose.2. To check, st...
CUMBERSOME
CUMBERSOME, adjective1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as cumbersome obedience.2. Unwieldy; unmanageable not easily borne or managed; as a cumbersome load; a ...
CUMBERSOMELY
CUMBERSOMELY, adverb In a manner to encumber.
CUMBERSOMENESS
CUMBERSOMENESS, noun Burdensomeness; the quality of being cumbersome and troublesome.
CUMBRANCE
CUMBRANCE, noun That which obstructs, retards, or renders motion or action difficult and toilsome; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; oppressive load; embarrassment.
CUMBROUS
CUMBROUS, adjective1. Burdensome; troublesome; rendering action difficult or toilsome; oppressive; as a cumbrous weight or charge.2. Giving trouble; vexatious; as a cloud of cum...
CUMBROUSLY
CUMBROUSLY, adverb In a cumbrous manner.
CUMFREY
CUMFREY, noun A genus of plants, the Symphytum; sometimes written comfrey, comfry, and comphry.
CUMIN
CUMIN, noun [Latin, Gr.] An annual plant of one species, whose seeds have a bitterish warm taste, with an aromatic flavor.
CUMULATE
CUMULATE, verb transitive [Latin, a heap.] To gather or throw into a heap; to form a heap; to heap together. [Accumulate is more generally used.]
CUMULATION
CUMULATION, noun The act of heaping together; a heap. [See Accumulation.]
CUMULATIVE
CUMULATIVE, adjective1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass.2. That augments by addition; that is added to something else. In law, that augments, as evidence, facts or a...
CUN
CUN, verb transitive1. To know. [Not used.] [See Con.]2. To direct the course of a ship. [See Cond, the true orthography.]
CUNCTATION
CUNCTATION, noun [Latin, to delay.] Delay. [Not much used.]
CUNCTATOR
CUNCTATOR, noun One who delays or lingers. [Little used.]
CUND
CUND, verb transitive To give notice. [See Cond.]
CUNEAL
CUNEAL, adjective [Latin, a wedge. See coin.] Having the form of a wedge.
CUNEATE
CUNEATE, CUNEATED, adjective Wedge-shaped.
CUNEATED
CUNEATE, CUNEATED adjective Wedge-shaped.
CUNEIFORM
CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM, adjective [Latin, a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge.
CUNIFORM
CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM adjective [Latin, a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge.
CUNNER
CUNNER, noun A kind of fish, less than an oyster, that sticks close to the rocks.
CUNNING
CUNNING, adjective [G. See Can.]1. Knowing; skillful; experienced; well-instructed. It is applied to all kinds of knowledge, but generally and appropriately, to the skill and de...
CUNNINGLY
CUNNINGLY, adverb Artfully; craftily; with subtilty; with fraudulent contrivance.We have not followed cunningly devised fables. 2 Peter 1:16.
CUNNINGMAN
CUNNINGMAN, noun A man who pretends to tell fortunes, or teach how to recover stolen or lost goods.