Webster's Dictionary 1913

10315

Cuspidal

Cus″pi‐dal (–p?–dal), a. [From L. cuspis, cuspidis. See Cusp.] Ending in a point.

10316

Cuspidate

Cus″pi‐date (–d?t), v. t. To make pointed or sharp.

10317

Cuspidate (2)

{ Cus″pi‐date (k?s″p?–d?t), Cus″pi‐da′ted (–d?′t?d), } a. [L. cuspidatus, p. p. of cuspidare to make pointed, fr. cuspis. See Cusp.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spea...

10318

Cuspidor

Cus″pi‐dor (–d?r), n. [Pg. cuspideria, fr. cuspir to spit.] Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

10319

Cuspis

‖Cus″pis (k?s″p?s), n. A point; a sharp end.

10320

Cussedness

Cuss″ed‐ness (?), n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.] Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.In her opinion it was all pure “cussedn...

10321

Custard

Cus″tard (k?s″t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. ...

10322

Custode

Cus″tode (k?s″t?d), n. [F. or It. custode, fr. L. custos, -odis.] See Custodian.

10323

Custodial

Cus‐to″di‐al (k?s–t?″d?–al), a. [Cf. F. custodial, fr. L. custodia. See Custody.] Relating to custody or guardianship.

10324

Custodian

Cus‐to″di‐an (k?s–t?″d?–an), n. [From Custody.] One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

10325

Custodianship

Cus‐to″di‐an‐ship, n. Office or duty of a custodian.

10326

Custodier

Cus‐to″di‐er (–?r), n. [Cf. LL. custodiarus.] A custodian. Sir W. Scott.

10327

Custody

Cus″to‐dy (k?s″t?–d?), n. [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. ������ to hide, and E. hide. See Hide to cover.] 1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, f...

10328

Custom

Cus″tom (kŭs″tŭm), n. [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accust...

10329

Custom (2)

Cus″tom, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. Accustom.]1. To make familiar; to accustom. Gray.2. To supply with customers. Bacon.

10330

Custom (3)

Cus″tom, v. i. To have a custom.On a bridge he custometh to fight.Spenser.

10331

Custom (4)

Cus″tom, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i.e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.] 1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tr...

10332

Custom (5)

Cus″tom, v. t. To pay the customs of. Marlowe.

10333

Customable

Cus″tom‐a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. [Cf. OF. coustumable.]1. Customary. Sir T. More.2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.

10334

Customableness

Cus″tom‐a‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.

10335

Customably

Cus″tom‐a‐bly, adv. Usually. Milton.

10336

Customarily

Cus″tom‐a‐ri‐ly (–ā̍‐rĭ‐ly̆), adv. In a customary manner; habitually.

10337

Customariness

Cus″tom‐a‐ri‐ness, n. Quality of being customary.

10338

Customary

Cus″tom‐a‐ry (kŭs″tŭm‐ā̍‐ry̆), a. [CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer.]1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conv...

10339

Customary (2)

Cus″tom‐a‐ry, n. [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.] A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. Cowell.

10340

Customer

Cus″tom‐er (kŭs″tŭm‐ẽr), n. [A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom.]1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.The customers of the small or...

10341

Customhouse

Cus″tom‐house″ (–hous′), n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.Customhouse broker, an agent who acts for merchants in the b...