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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Crŷs'tal, n. p. 320(Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each…Crŷs'tal, a. p. 320Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden.Crŷs'tal-line, a. p. 320Consisting of crystal. “Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.” Shak. 2. Having a texture produced by crystallization; as, granite is crystalline. Dana. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is…Crŷs'tal-līne, n. p. 320A crystalline rock, or one imperfectly crystallized, as granite, &c. Ruskin.Crŷs'tal-liz'a-ble, a. p. 320Capable of being crystal-lized; capable of forming, or of being formed into, crystals.Crȳs'tal-li-zā'tion, n. p. 320(Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and texture of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The mass or body formed by the process of crystallizing.…Crŷs'tal-līze, v. t. p. 320To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.Crŷs'tal-līze, v. i. p. 320To be converted into crystals; to take on a crystalline condition or form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction. Dana.Crŷs'tal-lō-gĕn'ic or Crŷs'tal-lō-gĕn'ic-al, a. p. 320Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction. Dana.Crŷs'tal-lōg'e-ny, n. p. 320The science which pertains to the production of crystals. Dana.Crŷs'tal-lōg'ra-pher, n. p. 320One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.Crȳs'tal-lo-grāph'ie or Crȳs'tal-lo-grāph'ie-al, a. p. 320Pertaining to crystallography.Crŷs'tal-lō-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 320In the manner of crystallography.Crŷs'tal-lŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 320The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. Dana. 2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization.Crŷs'tal-loid, a. p. 320Crystal-like; transparent like crystal. Dana.Cry'stál-lo-tŷpe, n. p. 320(Photog.) A photographic picture on glass. Whipple.Crŷs'tal-ō'g-y, n. p. 320The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies. Dana.Ctē'noid or Cte-noid'i-an, n. p. 320(Ichth.) One of the third order of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having the skin covered with unenameled scales; having a pectinated margin, as in the perch.Cūb, n. p. 320A young animal, especially the young of the bear. 2. A young boy or girl; — used contemptuously. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? Shak.Cŭb, n. p. 320A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] Laud.Cŭb, v. t. or i. p. 320To bring forth;—said of animals, or, in contempt, of persons.Cūb, v. t. p. 320To shut up or confine. [Obs.] Burton.Cū'ban, n. p. 320(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba. 2. (Min.) A mineral found in Cuba; a sulphide of copper and iron.Cū'ban, a. p. 320(Geog.) Pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.Cu-bā'tion, n. p. 320The act of lying down; a reclining. Bailey.Cū'ba-to-ry, a. p. 320Lying down; reclining; incumbent. [Rare.] Bailey.Cū'ba-tūre, n. p. 320The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.Cŭb'bridg-e-hēad, n. p. 320(Naut.) A partition across the forecastle and half deck of a ship. Scott.Cūb'by or Cūb'by-hōle, n. p. 320A confined place. Halliwell. Bartlett.Cŭb'-drawn, a. p. 320Drawn or sucked by cubs. This night wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak.Cūbe, n. p. 320(Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. 2. (Arith.) The product of a number multiplied twice into itself; as, 4 × 4 = 16, and 16 × 4 = 64, the cube of 4. Cube root (Arith.), the…Cūbe, v. t. p. 320To raise to the third power, by multiplying a number into itself twice.Cū'beb, n. p. 320(Bot.) The small, spicy berry of a tropical plant found in Java, Ceylon, and other parts of the East Indies, variously classified by different writers as Piper cubeba, Cubeba officinalis, and Uvaria…Cūbe'-ōre, n. p. 320(Min.) An ore of a green color, consisting of arsenic acid and iron, crystallizing in cubes. Dana.Cūbe'-spār, n. p. 320(Min.) Anhydrite, an anhydrous sulphate of lime.Cū'bic or Cū'bic-al, a. p. 320Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube. 2. (Crystallog.) Monometric or tessaral. See CRYSTALLIZATION. Cubic equation, an equation in which the…Cū'bi-cȧ, n. p. 320A very fine kind of shalloon. Ogilvie.Cū'bic-al-ly, adv. p. 320In a cubical method.Cū'bic-al-ness, n. p. 320The state or the quality of being cubical.Cu-bīc'ū-lar, a. p. 320Belonging to a chamber or bed-room. [Obs.] Howell.Cu-bĭc'ū-la-ry, a. p. 320Fitted for the posture of lying down. [Obs.] Browne.Cū'bi-fōrm, a. p. 320Having the form of a cube. Coxe.Cū'bit, n. p. 320(Anat.) The fore-arm; the ulna, a bone of the arm from the elbow to the wrist. Coxe. 2. A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. The cubit varies…Cū'bĭt-al, n. p. 321A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. Crabb.Cū'bit-al, a. p. 321Pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle. 2. Of the length or measure of a cubit. Browne.Cū'bĭt-ed, a. p. 321Having the measure of a cubit.Cū'bĭ-zĭt, n. p. 321(Min.) Analcime. See ANALCIME.Cūb'less, a. p. 321Having no cubs. Byron.Cū'bo-cūbe, n. p. 321(Math.) The sixth power; as, 64 is the cubo-cube of 2.Cū'bo-cū'bo-cūbe, n. p. 321(Math.) The ninth power; as, 512 is the cubo-cubo-cube of 2.Cū'bo-do-dē'ca-hē'dral, a. p. 321Presenting the two forms, a cube and a dodecahedron.Cū'boid, a. p. 321Having nearly the form of a cube.Cu-boid'al, a. p. 321Nearly in the shape of a cube; as, the cuboidal bone of the foot.Cū'bo-ō-tā-hē'dral, a. p. 321Presenting a combination of the two forms, a cube and an octahedron.Cŭck'ing-stool, n. p. 321A ducking-stool; an instrument formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest craftsmen, as brewers and bakers, by fastening them to it and then plunging them into the water;—called also a…Cŭck'old, n. p. 321A man whose wife is false to his bed; the husband of an adulteress. Swift.Cŭck'old, v. t. p. 321To make a cuckold of, as of a husband by seducing his wife. 2. To make a cuckold of, as a wife her husband, by criminal conversation with another man.Cŭck'old-īze, v. t. p. 321To make cuckolds. Dryden.Cŭck'old-ly, a. p. 321Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean; sneaking. [Obs.] Shak.Cŭck'ol-dŏm, n. p. 321The act of adultery; the state of a cuckold. The rules observed by this new society are wonderfully contrived for the advancement of cuckoldom. Addison.