Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CUBICALNESS

CUBICALNESS, noun The state or quality of being cubical.

5861

CUBICULAR

CUBICULAR, adjective [Latin] Belonging to a chamber.

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CUBICULARY

CUBICULARY, adjective [Latin, a bedroom.] Fitted for the posture of lying down. [Little used.]

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CUBIFORM

CUBIFORM, adjective Having the form of a cube.

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CUBIT

CUBIT, noun [Latin, the elbow; signifying a turn or corner; Gr.]1. In anatomy, the fore arm; the ulna, and bone of the arm from the elbow to the wrist.2. In mensuration, the len...

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CUBITAL

CUBITAL, adjective1. Of the length or measure of a cubit.2. Pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as the cubital nerve; cubital artery; cubital muscle.

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CUBITED

CUBITED, adjective Having the measure of a cubit.

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CUBO-DODECAHEDRAL

CUBO-DODECAHEDRAL, adjective Presenting the two forms, a cube and a dodecahedron.

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CUBO-OCTAHEDRAL

CUBO-OCTAHEDRAL, adjective [cube and octahedral.] Presenting a combination of the two forms, a cube and an octahedron.

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CUBOID

CUBOID, adjective Having the form of a cube, or differing little from it.

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CUBOIDAL

CUBOIDAL, adjective [Gr., cube, and form.] Cubiform; in the shape of a cube; as the cuboidal bone of the foot.

5871

CUCKINGSTOOL

CUCKINGSTOOL, noun An engine for punishing scolds and refractory women; also brewers and bakers; called also a tumbrel and a trebuchet. The culprit was seated on the stool and t...

5872

CUCKOLD

CUCKOLD, noun A man whose wife is false to his bed; the husband of an adulteress.CUCKOLD, verb transitive1. To make a man a cuckold by criminal conversation with his wife; appli...

5873

CUCKOLD-MAKER

CUCKOLD-MAKER, noun One who has criminal conversation with another mans wife; one who makes a cuckold.

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CUCKOLDDOM

CUCKOLDDOM, noun The act of adultery; the state of a cuckold.

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CUCKOLDLY

CUCKOLDLY, adjective Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean; sneaking.

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CUCKOO

CUCKOO, noun [Latin, Gr. See Gawk.] A bird of the genus Cuculus, whose name is supposed to be called from its note. The note is a call to love, and continued only during the amo...

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CUCKOO-BUD

CUCKOO-FLOWER, CUCKOO-BUD noun A plant, a species of Cardamine.

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CUCKOO-FLOWER

CUCKOO-FLOWER, CUCKOO-BUD, noun A plant, a species of Cardamine.

5879

CUCKOO-PINT

CUCKOO-PINT, noun A plant, of the genus Arum.

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CUCKOO-SPIT

CUCKOO-SPIT, CUCKOO-SPITTLE, noun A dew or exudation found on plants, especially about the joints of lavender and rosemary. Or a froth or spume found on the leaves of certain pl...

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CUCQUEAN

CUCQUEAN, noun A vile lewd woman. [Not in use.]

5882

CUCULLATE

CUCULLATE, CUCULLATED, adjective [Latin, a hood, a cowl.]

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CUCULLATED

CUCULLATE, CUCULLATED adjective [Latin, a hood, a cowl.]1. Hooded; cowled; covered as with a hood.2. Having the shape or resemblance of a hood; or wide at the top and drawn to a...

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CUCUMBER

CUCUMBER, noun [Latin] The name of a plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucumis. The flower is yellow and bell-shaped; and the stalks are long, slender and trailing on the ground...

5885

CUCURBIT

CUCURBIT, noun [Latin, a gourd.] A chemical vessel in the shape of a gourd; but some of them are shallow, with a wide mouth. It may be made of copper, glass, tin or stone ware, ...

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CUCURBITACEOUS

CUCURBITACEOUS, adjective Resembling a gourd; as cucurbitaceous plants, such as the melon and pumpkin or pompion.