Cuppy Cup"py adjective 1. Hollow; cuplike; also, full of cups, or small depressions. 2. Characterized by cup shakes; -- said of timber.
Cupreous Cu"pre·ous adjective [ Latin
cupreus , from
cuprum .]
Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.
Cupric Cu"pric adjective [ From
Cuprum .]
(Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.
Cupriferous Cu·prif"er·ous adjective [
Cuprum +
-ferous .]
Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.
Cuprite Cu"prite noun (Min.) The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.
Cuproid Cu"proid noun [
Cuprum +
-oid .]
(Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.
Cuprous Cu"prous adjective [ From
Cuprum .]
(Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Cuprum Cu"prum noun [ Latin ]
(Chemistry) Copper.
Cupulate Cu"pu·late adjective Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
Cupule Cu"pule noun [ See
Cupola .]
1. (Botany) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. 2. (Zoology) A sucker or acetabulum.
Cupuliferous Cu`pu·lif"er·ous adjective [
Cupule +
-ferous : confer French
cupulifère .]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
Cur Cur (kûr)
noun [ Middle English
curre ,
kur ; confer dial. Swedish
kurre dog, OD.
korre watchdog, and Icelandic
kurra to murmur, grumble, Swedish
kurra to rumble, croak, Danish
kurre to coo, whirr; probably of imitative origin.]
1. A mongrel or inferior dog. They . . . like to village curs ,
Bark when their fellows do.
Shak.
2. A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt. What would you have, you curs ,
That like nor peace nor war?
Shak.
Curability Cur`a·bil"i·ty noun The state of being curable; curableness.
Curable Cur"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
curable . See
Cure ,
transitive verb ]
Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "
Curable diseases."
Harvey. --
Cur"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Cur`a*bly ,
adverb
Curaçao, Curaçoa Cu`ra·çao", Cu`ra·çoa" noun A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao .
Curacy Cu"ra·cy noun ;
plural Curacies (-s...z). [ See
Cure ,
Curate .]
The office or employment of a curate.
Curare, Curari Cu·ra"re, Cu·ra"ri noun [ Native name. Confer
Wourall .]
A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos ( S. toxifera , etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [ Written also
urari ,
woorali ,
woorari , etc.]
Curarine Cu"ra·rine noun (Chemistry) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera . It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Curarize Cu"ra·rize transitive verb To poison with curare.
Curassow Cu·ras"sow noun [ Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax , Ourax , etc., of the family Cracidæ . » The crested curassow (
Crax alector ) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (
Ourax Pauxi ) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
Curat Cu"rat noun [ See
Cuirass .]
A cuirass or breastplate. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Curate Cu"rate noun [ Late Latin
curatus , prop., one who is charged with the care (L.
cura ) of souls. See
Cure ,
noun , and confer
Curé ]
One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. Hook. All this the good old man performed alone,
He spared no pains, for curate he had none.
Dryden.
Curateship Cu"rate·ship noun A curacy.
Curation Cu·ra"tion noun [ Confer Old French
curacion .]
Cure; healing. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Curative Cur"a·tive adjective [ Confer French
curatif . See
Cure ,
transitive verb ]
Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. Arbuthnot.
Curator Cu·ra"tor (k?-r?"t?r).
noun [ Latin , from
curare to take care of, from
cura care.]
1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper. 2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.
Curatorship Cu·ra"tor·ship noun The office of a curator.
Curatrix Cu·ra"trix noun [ Latin ]
1. A woman who cures. 2. A woman who is a guardian or custodian. Burrill.
Curb Curb transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Curbed (k?rbd);
present participle & verbal noun Curbing .] [ French
courber to bend, curve, Latin
curvare , from
curvus bent, curved; confer Greek .................. curved. Confer
Curve .]
1. To bend or curve [ Obsolete]
Crooked and curbed lines.
Holland.
2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
Milton.
Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
Prior.
3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
Curb Curb intransitive verb To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [ Obsolete]
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg,
Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.
Shak.
Curb Curb noun 1. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild
Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws.
Drayton.
By these men , religion , that should be
The curb , is made the spur of tyranny.
Denham.
2. (Architecture) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome. 3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. 4. A curbstone. 5. (Far.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. James Law. Curb bit ,
a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight. --
Curb pins (Horology) ,
the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. --
Curb plate (Architecture) ,
a plate serving the purpose of a curb. --
Deck curb .
See under Deck .
Curb roof Curb" roof` (r??f`). A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
Curbless Curb"less adjective Having no curb or restraint.
Curbstone Curb"stone` (kûrb"stōn`)
noun A stone set along a margin as a limit and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone. Curbstone broker .
See under Broker .
Curch Curch noun See Courche .
Curculio Cur·cu"li·o noun ;
plural Curculios (-...z). [ Latin , a grain weevil.]
(Zoology) One of a large group of beetles ( Rhynchophora ) of many genera; -- called also weevils , snout beetles , billbeetles , and billbugs . Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
Curculionidous Cur`cu·li·on"i·dous adjective (Zoology) Pertaining to the Curculionideæ , or weevil tribe.
Curcuma Cur"cu·ma noun [ Confer F., Italian , & Spanish
curcuma ; all from Arabic
kurkum . Confer
Turmeric .]
(Botany) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ , including the turmeric plant ( Curcuma longa ). Curcuma paper .
(Chemistry) See Turmeric paper , under Turmeric .
Curcumin Cur"cu·min noun (Chemistry) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C 14 H 14 O 4 , with a green fluorescence. » It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See
Turmeric paper , under
Turmeric .
Curd Curd (kûrd)
noun [ Of Celtic origin; confer Gael.
gruth , Ir,
gruth ,
cruth , curd,
cruthaim I milk.] [ Sometimes written
crud .]
1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese. Curds and cream, the flower of country fare.
Dryden.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid. 3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower. Broccoli should be cut while the curd , as the flowering mass is termed, is entire.
R. Thompson.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd , is still close and compact.
F. Burr.
Curd Curd transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Curded ;
present participle & verbal noun Curding .]
To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle. Does it curd thy blood
To say I am thy mother?
Shak.
Curd Curd intransitive verb To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey Shak.
Curdiness Curd"i·ness noun The state of being curdy.
Curdle Cur"dle intransitive verb [ From
Curd .] [ Sometimes written
crudle and
cruddle .]
1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle . Thomson. 2. To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold.
Southey.
Curdle Cur"dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Curdled (-d'ld);
present participle & verbal noun Curdling (-dl?ng).]
1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To
curdle whites of eggs"
Boyle. 2. To congeal or thicken. My chill blood is curdled in my veins.
Dryden.
Curdless Curd"less adjective Destitute of curd.
Curdy Curd"y adjective Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. "A
curdy mass."
Arbuthnot.
Cure Cure > (kūr)
noun [ OF,
cure care, F., also, cure, healing, cure of souls, Latin
cura care, medical attendance, cure; perhaps akin to
cavere to pay heed, English
cution .
Cure is not related to
care .]
1. Care, heed, or attention. [ Obsolete]
Of study took he most cure and most heed.
Chaucer.
Vicarages of great cure , but small value.
Fuller.
2. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure ; to obtain a cure . The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners.
Spelman.
3. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure . 4. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. Past hope! past cure ! past help.
Shak.
I do cures to-day and to-morrow.
Luke xii. 32.
5. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure .
Dryden.
The proper cure of such prejudices.
Bp. Hurd.
Cure Cure transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Cured (kūrd);
present participle & verbal noun Curing .] [ Old French
curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, Latin
curare to take care, to heal, from
cura . See
Cure ,.]
1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. The child was cured from that very hour.
Matt. xvii. 18.
2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. To cure this deadly grief.
Shak.
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases.
Luke ix. 1.
3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention.
Swift.
4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.
Cure Cure intransitive verb 1. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. [ Obsolete]
2. To restore health; to effect a cure. Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear,
Is able with the change to kill and cure .
Shak.
3. To become healed. One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Shak.
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