Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Custos

‖Cus″tos (kŭs″tŏs), n.; pl.Custodes (kŭs‐tō″dēz). A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.Custos rotulorum (rŏt′ū̍‐lō″rŭm) (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a co...

10343

Custrel

Cus″trel (kŭs″trel), n. [OF. coustillier. See Coistril.] An armor-bearer to a knight.

10344

Custrel (2)

Cus″trel, n. See Costrel. Ainsworth.

10345

Custumary

Cus″tu‐ma‐ry (–tū̍‐mā̍‐ry̆), a. See Customary.

10346

Cut

Cut (kŭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cut; p. pr. & vb. n.Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail...

10347

Cut (2)

Cut (kŭt), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrumen...

10348

Cut (3)

Cut, n. 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instr...

10349

Cut (4)

Cut (kŭt), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy.Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spo...

10350

Cut (5)

Cut, v. t. 1. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.2. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fi...

10351

Cut (6)

Cut, v. t. — To cut out, to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train.

10352

Cut (7)

Cut, n. 1. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.2. (Cricket) A stroke on the off side betwee...

10353

Cut-off

Cut″–off′ (kŭt″ŏf′; 115), n. 1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from enterin...

10354

Cut-out

Cut″–out′ (kŭt″out′), n. (a) (Telegraphy) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit. (b) (Elec.) A device for breakin...

10355

Cutaneous

Cu‐ta″ne‐ous (kū̍‐tā″nē̍‐ŭs), a. [Cf. F. cutané, fr. L. cutis skin. See Cuticle.] Of or pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cut...

10356

Cutaway

Cut″a‐way′ (kŭt″ȧ‐wā′), a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the...

10357

Cutch

Cutch (kŭch; 224), n. See Catechu.

10358

Cutch (2)

Cutch, n.(Zoöl.) See Cultch.

10359

Cutchery

Cutch″er‐y (kŭch″ẽr‐y̆), n. [Hind. kachahri.] A hindoo hall of justice. Malcom.

10360

Cute

Cute (kūt), a. [An abbrev. of acute.] Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.

10361

Cuteness

Cute″ness, n. Acuteness; cunning.

10362

Cutgrass

Cut″grass′ (kŭt″grȧs′). A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.

10363

Cuticle

Cu″ti‐cle (kū″tĭ‐k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.] 1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or p...

10364

Cuticular

Cu‐tic″u‐lar (kū̍‐tĭk″ū̍‐lẽr), a. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

10365

Cutin

Cu″tin (kū″tĭn), n. [L. cutis skin, outside.] (Bot.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.

10366

Cutin (2)

Cu″tin (kū″tĭn), n. [L. cutis skin, outside.] (PLant Physiol.) A waxy substance which, combined with cellulose, forms a substance nearly impervious to water and constituting the...

10367

Cutinization

Cu′tin‐i‐za″tion (k?′t?n–?–z?″sh?n), n.(Bot.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.

10368

Cutinize

Cu″tin‐ize (k?″t?n–?z), v. t. & i. To change into cutin.