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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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Cūl'let, n. p. 322Broken glass used in the manufacture of glass in a certain proportion to other materials. Ure.Cūl'li-bil'i-ty, n. p. 322Capability of being gulled; gullibility. [Low.] Swift.Cūl'li-ble, a. p. 322Easily deceived; gullible. [Rare.]Cūl'ling, n. p. 322Any thing separated or selected from a mass; refuse.Cūl'liŏn, n. p. 322A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. “Away, base cullions.” Shak. 2. (Bot.) A round or bulbous root; Orchis.Cūl'ion-ly, a. p. 322Mean; base. [Obs.] Shak.Cūl'lis, n. p. 322A very fine and strong broth of meat strained and made clear for persons in a state of weakness; also, a savory jelly. When I am excellent at caudles And cullises...you shall be welcome to me. Beau.…Cūlls, n. pl. p. 322Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.Cūl'ly, n. p. 322A person who is easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe. I have learned that this fine lady does not live far from Covent Garden, and that I am not the first cully whom she has passed…Cūl'ly, v. t. p. 322To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. “Trick to cully fools.” Pomfret.Cūl'ly-īsm, n. p. 322The state of being a cully. Spectator.Cūlm, n. p. 322[Lat. culmus, stalk, stem.] (Bot.) The stalk or stem of corn and grasses, usually jointed and hollow. 2. [W. cælm, knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots…Cūl'men, n. p. 322Top; summit.Cul-mīf’er-oūs, a. p. 322Bearing culms, or producing straw; related to wheat, rye, &c., which produce straw, and are culmiferous plants. 2. (Min.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance-coal.Cūl'mi-nant, a. p. 322Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant. [Rare.]Cūl'mi-nāte, v. i. p. 322To be vertical; to reach the highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; — said of a heavenly body. As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton. 2. To reach the highest…Cūl'mi-nate, a. p. 322Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; — applied to the growth of corals. Dana.Cūl'mi-nā'tion, n. p. 322The attainment of the highest point of altitude; passage across the meridian; transit;—said of a heavenly body. 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, and the like.Cŭl'/pa-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 322The quality or condition of being culpable; culpableness.Cŭl'pa-ble, a. p. 322Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. Every man, in doubtful cases, is left to his own discretion, and if he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable…Cŭl'pa-ble-ness, n. p. 322The quality of deserving blame; blamableness; guilt; culpability.Cŭl'pa-bly, adv. p. 322In a culpable manner, or a manner to merit censure; blamably.Cŭl'pa-to-ry, a. p. 322Expressing blame; reprehensory. Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latin authors in a culpatory sense. —Walpole.Cŭlpe, n. p. 322Blameworthiness; culpability; fault. [Obs.] Banished out of the realme . . . without culpe. Hall.Cŭl'prit, n. p. 322A person accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. 2. A person convicted of crime; a criminal.Cŭlt, n. p. 322Attentive care; homage; worship. Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury. 2. A system of religious belief and worship…Cŭltch, n. p. 322The spawn of the oyster. Sprat.Cŭl'ter, n. p. 322A colter. See COLTER.Cŭl'ti-rŏs'tral, a. p. 322(Ornith.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, &c.Cŭl'ti-rŏs'ter, n. p. 322(Ornith.) One of a family of birds, having long, large, knife-shaped bills, most frequently pointed, as the crane, stork, heron, &c.Cŭl'ti-va-ble, a. p. 322Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.Cŭl'ti-vā'ta-ble, a. p. 322Cultivable.Cŭl'ti-vāte, v. t. p. 322To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate the soil. 2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to…Cŭl'ti-vā'tion, n. p. 322The art or practice of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes; tillage; production by tillage. 2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or the benefit of others; fostering…Cŭl'ti-vā'tor, n. p. 322One who cultivates; one who tills; as, a cultivator of the soil. 2. One who labors to educate, refine, or ameliorate; as, a cultivator of the mind, or of good manners. 3. One who pursues, cherishes…Cŭl'trāte or Cŭl'trā-ted, a. p. 322(Bot. & Ornith.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning-knife; as, the beak of a bird is convex and cultrated.Cŭl'tri-fōrm, a. p. 322Shaped like a pruning-knife; keen-edged; cultrate.Cul-triv'o-roŭs, a. p. 322Devouring knives; swallowing, or seeming to swallow, knives. Dunglison.Cŭlt'ür-al, a. p. 322Pertaining to culture; tending to promote culture, education, or refinement. [Recent and rare.]Cŭlt'ŭre, n. p. 322The act or practice of cultivating; cultivation; application of labor or means in rendering productive, in reducing, in refining and ameliorating, in cherishing, promoting, or advancing; as, the…Cŭlt'ūre, v. t. p. 322To cultivate. “Cultured vales.” Shenstone. The sense of beauty in nature, even among cultured people, is less often met with than other mental endowments. I. Taylor.Cŭlt'üre-less, a. p. 322Having no culture.Cŭlt'ūr-ist, n. p. 322A cultivator. [Rare.]Cŭl'ver, n. p. 322A dove. “Culver in the falcon’s fist.” Spenser. 2. A small piece of ordnance, anciently in use. Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. W. Scott.Cŭl'ver-house, n. p. 322A dove-cote.Cŭl'ver-in, n. p. 322A piece of ordnance, formerly, but not now, in use;—so called because long and slender, like a serpent, or because it was ornamented with the figures of serpents. The names “cannon” and…Cŭl'ver-kēy, n. p. 322A bunch of the pods of the ash-tree. 2. A plant, the columbine. Wright. A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make a garland. Walton.Cŭl'vert, n. p. 322An arched drain for the passage of water under a road or canal, &c.Cŭl'ver-tāil, n. p. 322(Carp.) Dovetail.Cŭl'ver-tāiled, a. p. 322United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.Cū'mas, n. p. 322See CAMMAS.Cūm'bent, a. p. 322Lying down; recumbent. Dyer.Cŭm'ber, v. t. p. 322To hang or rest upon as a troublesome weight; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to load or crowd; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object; to stand in the way of; to obstruct; to perplex; to…Cŭm'ber, n. p. 322Burdensomeness; oppression; trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] “A place of much distraction and cumber.” Wotton.Cūm'ber-sōme, a. p. 322Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; oppressive; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. “To perform a cumbersome obedience.” Sidney. 2. Not easily managed or administered; as, a cumbersome…Câm'ber-sôme-ly, adv. p. 323In a manner to encumber. Sherwood.Câm'ber-sôme-ness, n. p. 323The quality of being cumbersome.Câm'ber-world, n. p. 323That which burdens the world; that which is useless. [Rare.] Drayton.Câm'brance, n. p. 323That which obstructs, retards, or renders motion or action difficult and toilsome; encumbrance; hinderance; embarrassment. Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not…Căm'bri-an, a. p. 323Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. Cambrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system;—so called…