Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 160
Culturist (n.) One who is an advocate of culture.
The culturists, by which term I mean not those who esteem culture (as what intelligent man does not?) but those its exclusive advocates who recommend it as the panacea for all the ills of humanity, for its effects in cultivating the whole man. -- J. C. Shairp
Cultuses (n. pl. ) of Cultus.
Cultus (n. sing. & pl.) Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.
Cultus (a.) [See Cultus cod.] Bad, worthless; no good. [Northwestern U. S.]
"A bad horse, cultus [no good] !" he said, beating it with his whip. -- F. H. Balch.
Cultus (n.) A system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cult, cultus, religious cult].
Cultus cod () (Zool.) See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
Cod (n.) (Zool.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
Cod fishery, The business of fishing for cod.
Cod line, An eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. -- McElrath.
Culver (n.) A dove. "Culver in the falcon's fist." -- Spenser.
Culver (n.) A culverin.
Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. -- Sir W. Scott.
Culver, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 802
Housing Units (2000): 275
Land area (2000): 0.615968 sq. miles (1.595349 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.615968 sq. miles (1.595349 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17300
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.524795 N, 121.212348 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97734
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Culver, OR
Culver
Culver, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1539
Housing Units (2000): 932
Land area (2000): 0.784543 sq. miles (2.031958 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.784543 sq. miles (2.031958 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16300
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.217340 N, 86.421726 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Culver, IN
Culver
Culver, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 164
Housing Units (2000): 62
Land area (2000): 0.164599 sq. miles (0.426310 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.164599 sq. miles (0.426310 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16700
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.969581 N, 97.759657 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67484
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Culver, KS
Culver
Culverhouse (n.) A dovecote.
Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. -- Macaulay.
Culverin (n.) A heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Culverin (n.) A medieval musket.
Culverkey (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. -- Wright.
Culverkey (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill ({Scilla nutans). [Obs.]
A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. -- Walton. Culver's physic
Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.
Culvert (n.) A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway.
Culvertail (n.) (Carp.) Dovetail.
Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Cumacea (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.
Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent. -- J. Dyer.
Cumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Cumber.
Cumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumber.
Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.
Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? -- Dryden.
Martha was cumbered about much serving. -- Luke x. 40.
Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii. 7.
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. -- Locke.
Cumber (n.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.]
A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Sage counsel in cumber. -- Sir W. Scott. Cumberland
Cumber (v.) Hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain].
Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
To perform a cumbersome obedience. -- Sir. P. Sidney.
Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. -- I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness, n.
Cumbersome (a.) Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous].
Cumbersome (a.) Not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen].
Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance. [Obs.]
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare. -- Milton.
Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
Cumbrian system (Geol.), The slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.
Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. -- Swift.
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. -- De Quincey.
Cumbrous (a.) Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
A clud of cumbrous gnats. -- Spenser. -- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
Cumbrous (a.) Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous].
Cumene (n.) (Che.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.
Cumfrey (n.) (Bot.) See Comfrey.
Cumfrey (n.) Perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas [syn: comfrey, cumfrey].
Cumic (a.) (Chem.) See Cuming.
Cumidine (n.) (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.
Cumin (n.) (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.].
Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. -- Spenser.
Black cumin (Bot.), A plant ({Nigella sativa"> Black cumin (Bot.), A plant ({Nigella sativa) with pungent
seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.
Cumin (n.) Dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds [syn: cumin, Cuminum cyminum].
Cumin (n.) Aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family [syn: cumin, cumin seed].
Cuminic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid.
Cuminic acid (Chem.), White crystalline substance, C3H7.C6H4.CO2H, obtained from oil of caraway.
Cuminil (n .) A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.
Cuminol (n.) A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.
Compare: Cumin
Cumin (n.) (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.]
Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. -- Spenser.
Black cumin (Bot.), A plant ({Nigella sativa"> Black cumin (Bot.), a plant ({Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.
Cummin (n.) Same as Cumin.
Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. -- Matt. xxiii. 23.
Cummin, () (Heb. kammon; i.e., a "condiment"), the fruit or seed of an umbelliferous plant, the Cuminum sativum, still extensively cultivated in the East. Its fruit is mentioned in Isa. 28:25, 27. In the New Testament it is mentioned in Matt. 23:23, where our Lord pronounces a "woe" on the scribes and Pharisees, who were zealous in paying tithes of "mint and anise and cummin," while they omitted the weightier matters of the law." "It is used as a spice, both bruised, to mix with bread, and also boiled, in the various messes and stews which compose an Oriental banquet." Tristram, Natural History.
Cumshaw (v. t.) To give or make a present to.
Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. -- S. Wells Williams.
Cumshot (n.) Cumshots (n. pl.) (vulgar, slang) 射精 A sex act in pornographic films in which a man ejaculates onto his partner's body.
Cumshot (n.) (vulgar, slang) The portrayal of ejaculation.
Cumshot (n.) (vulgar, slang) A trail or splodge of semen.
Cumu-cirro-stratus (n.) (Meteor.)
Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.
Cumulated (imp. & p. p.) of Cumulate.
Cumulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumulate.
Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. -- Woodward.
Cumulate (v.) Collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass].
Cumulation (n.) The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.
Cumulation (n.) A collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus].
Cumulatist (n.) One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]
Cumulative (a.) Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. "As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original." -- Bacon
Cumulative (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. -- Trench.
Cumulative (a.) (Law) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
Cumulative (a.) (Law) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. -- Bouvier. -- Wharton.
Cumulative action (Med.), That action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose.
Cumulative poison, A poison the action of which is cumulative.
Cumulative vote or Cumulative system of voting (Politics), That system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.
Cumulative (a.) Increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" [syn: accumulative, cumulative].
Cumulative Forming a heap; additional; as, cumulative evidence, or that which goes to prove the same point which has been established by other evidence. Cumulative legacy, or accumulative legacy, is a second bequest, given by the same testator to the same legatee. 2 Rop. Log. 19,. See 1 Saund. 134, n. 4; Remedy.
Cumulose (a.) Full of heaps.
Cumulostratus (n.) (Meteor.) A form of cloud. See Cloud.
Cumuli (n. pl. ) of Cumulus.
Cumulus (n.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. See Cloud.
Cun (v. t.) To con (a ship). [Obs.]
Cun (v. t.) To know. See Con. [Obs.]
Cunabula (n. pl.) The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.
Cunabula (n. pl.) (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.
Cunctation (n.) Delay; procrastination. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Cunctation (n.) The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination,
cunctation, shillyshally].
Cunctative (a.) Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.
Cunctator (n.) One who delays or lingers. [R.]
Cunctator (n.) Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) [syn: procrastinator, postponer, cunctator].
Cunctipotent (a.) All-powerful; omnipotent. [R] "God cunctipotent." -- Neale (Trans. Rhythm of St. Bernard).
Cund (v. t.) To con (a ship). [Obs.]
Cundurango (n.) (Med.) The bark of a South American vine ({Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [Written also condurango.]
Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped. Cuneate
Cuneal (a.) Shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform].
Cuneate (a.) Alt. of Cuneated.
Cuneated (a.) Wedge-shaped.
Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf.
Cuneatic (a.) Cuneiform. "Cuneatic decipherment." -- Sayce. Cuneiform
Cuneiform (a.) Alt. of Cuniform.
Cuniform (a.) 楔形文字的 Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. "A cuneiform scholar." -- Rawlinson. Cuneiform
Cuneiform (n.) Alt. of Cuniform.
Cuniform (n.) 楔形文字；【解】楔狀骨 The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Cuniform (n.) (Anat.) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
Cuniform (n.) (Anat.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
Cuneiform (a.) Shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform].
Cuneiform (a.) Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones).
Cuneiform (n.) An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia.
Cunette (n.) [F.] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
Cunner (n.) (Zool.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also conner.]
Cunner (n.) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.
Compare: Bergall
Bergall (n.) A small wrasse ({Tautogolabrus adspersus), common in north Atantic coastal waters of the U. S.; -- also called the cunner.
Syn: cunner.
Burgall (n.) (Zool.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.
Cunner (n.) Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States [syn: cunner, bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersus].
Cunning (a.) 狡猾的，奸詐的；精巧的；熟練的，靈巧的 Knowing; skillful; dexterous. "A cunning workman." -- Ex. xxxviii. 23.
"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. -- Shak.
Esau was a cunning hunter. -- Gen xxv. 27.
Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web. -- Spenser.
Cunning (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere. -- South.
Cunning (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Barlett.
Syn: Cunning, Artful, Sly, Wily, Crafty.
Usage: These epithets agree in expressing an aptitude for attaining some end by peculiar and secret means. Cunning is usually low; as, a cunning trick. Artful is more ingenious and inventive; as, an artful device. Sly implies a turn for what is double or concealed; as, sly humor; a sly evasion. Crafty denotes a talent for dexterously deceiving; as, a crafty manager. Wily describes a talent for the use of stratagems; as, a wily politician. A cunning man often shows his dexterity in simply concealing. An artful man goes further, and exerts his ingenuity in misleading. A crafty man mingles cunning with art, and so shapes his actions as to lull suspicions. The young may be cunning, but the experienced only can be crafty. Slyness is a vulgar kind of cunning; the sly man goes cautiously and silently to work. Wiliness is a species of cunning or craft applicable only to cases of attack and defense". -- Crabb.
Cunning (n.) [U] 狡猾，奸詐；靈巧，熟練 Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. [Archaic]
Let my right hand forget her cunning. -- Ps. cxxxvii. 5.
A carpenter's desert Stands more in cunning than in power. -- Chapman.
Cunning (n.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom. -- Locke.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom. -- Bacon.
Cunning (a.) Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute].
Cunning (a.) Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily].
Cunning (a.) Showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious].
Cunning (n.) Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness].
Cunning (n.) Crafty artfulness (especially in deception).
Cunning (n.) The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."
Cunningly (adv.) 狡猾地；巧妙地 In a cunning manner; with cunning.
Cunningly (adv.) In an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure" [syn: cunningly, cutely].
Cunningly (adv.) In an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully].
Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Cunningness (n.) Quality of being cunning; craft.
Compare: Crater
Crater (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
Crater (n.) (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine.
Crater (n.) (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
Cup (n.) A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
Cup (n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Give me a cup of sack, boy. -- Shak.
Cup (n.) pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Thence from cups to civil broils. -- Milton.
Cup (n.) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. -- Matt. xxvi. 39.
Cup (n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. -- Shenstone.
Cup (n.) (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cup and ball, A familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. -- Milman.
Cup and can, Familiar companions.
Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), A cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping.
To be in one's cups, To be drunk.
Cupped (imp. & p. p.) of Cup.
Cupping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cup.
Cup (v. t.) To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
Cup us, till the world go round. -- Shak.
Cup (v. t.) (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
Cup (v. t.) (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
Cup (n.) A small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing."
Cup (n.) The quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup, cupful].
Cup (n.) Any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra."
Cup (n.) A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
Cup (n.) Cup-shaped plant organ.
Cup (n.) A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl.
Cup (n.) The hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup."
Cup (n.) A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case" [syn: cup, loving cup].
Cup (v.) Form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands."
Cup (v.) Put into a cup; "cup the milk."
Cup (v.) Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse].
CUP, () Competitive UPgrade (MS).
Cup, () A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold (Rev. 17:4).
The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt (Gen. 44:2-17), and in the East generally.
The "cup of salvation" (Ps. 116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving for the great salvation. The "cup of consolation" (Jer. 16:7) refers to the custom of friends sending viands and wine to console relatives in mourning (Prov. 31:6). In 1 Cor. 10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" (1 Cor. 10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over it (Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17). The "portion of the cup" (Ps. 11:6; 16:5) denotes one's condition of life, prosperous or adverse. A "cup" is also a type of sensual allurement (Jer. 51:7; Prov. 23:31; Rev. 17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath" (Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Lam. 4:21; Ezek. 23:32; Rev. 16:19; comp. Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death (Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Heb. 2:9).
Cupbearer (n.) One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.
Cupbearer (n.) (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." -- Neh. i. 11.
Cupbearer (n.) The attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
Cup-bearer, () An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is mentioned in connection with Joseph's history (Gen. 40:1-21; 41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v.) was cup-bearer in the Assyrian court (2 Kings 18:17). Nehemiah filled this office to the king of Persia (Neh. 1:11). We read also of Solomon's cup-bearers (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4).
Cupboard (v. t.) To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] -- Shak.
Cupboard (n.) A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.
Cupboard love, Interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." -- Poor Robin. [Colloq.]
To cry cupboard, To call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." -- W. Irving.
Cupboard (n.) A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: cupboard, closet].