Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 161
Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also coppel.]
Cupel dust, Powder used in purifying metals.
Cupelled (imp. & p. p.) of Cupel.
Cupelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cupel.
Cupel (v. t.) To refine by means of a cupel.
Cupel (n.) A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead [syn: bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot].
Cupellation (n.) The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
Note: The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried down into the porous cupel, leaving the unoxidizable precious metal. If lead is not already present in the alloy it must be added before cupellation.
Cupfuls (n. pl. ) of Cupful.
Cupful (n.) As much as a cup will hold.
Cupful (n.) The quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup, cupful].
Cup-gall (n.) A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
Cupid (n .) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. -- Shak.
Cupid (n.) (Roman mythology) God of love; counterpart of Greek Eros [syn: Cupid, Amor].
Cupid (n.) A symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow.
Cupidity (n.) A passionate desire; love. [Obs.]
Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. -- Prescott.
Cupidity (n.) Extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity].
Cup-moss (n.) (Bot.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
Cupolas (n. pl. ) of Cupola.
Cupola (n.) (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.
Cupola (n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
Cupola (n.) (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
Cupola (n.) A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
Cupola (n.) A roof in the form of a dome.
Cupper (n.) One who performs the operation of cupping.
Cupper (n.) A cup of tea [syn: cuppa, cupper].
Cupping (n.) (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
Cupping glass, A glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Dry cupping, The application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc.
Wet cupping, The operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
Cupping (n.) A treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface.
Cupreous (a.) Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.
Cupric (a.) (Chem.) 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.
Cupric (a.) Of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric, cuprous].
Cupriferous (a.) Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.
Cuprite (n.) (Min.) The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.
Cuprite (n.) A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper.
Cuproid (n.) (Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.
Compare: Cop-rose
Cop-rose (n.) The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose.]
Cup-rose (n.) Red poppy. See Cop-rose.
Cuprous (a.) (Chem.) 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.
Cuprous (a.) Of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric, cuprous].
Cuprum (n.) [L.] (Chem.) Copper.
Cupulate (a.) Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
Cupulate (a.) Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule [syn: cupular, cupulate].
Cupule (n.) (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
Cupule (n.) (Zool.) A sucker or acetabulum.
Cupule (n.) Cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn [syn: cupule, acorn cup].
Cupule (n.) A sucker on the feet of certain flies.
Cupuliferous (a.) 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 (n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.
They . . . like to village curs, Bark when their fellows do. -- Shak.
Cur (n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.
What would you have, you curs, That like nor peace nor war? -- Shak.
Cur (n.) An inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt].
Cur (n.) A cowardly and despicable person.
Curability (n.) The state of being curable; curableness.
Curability (n.) Capability of being cured or healed [syn: curability, curableness] [ant: incurability, incurableness].
Curable (a.) Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "Curable diseases." -- Harvey. -- Cur"a*ble*ness, n. -- Cur`a*bly, adv. Cura[,c]ao
Curable (a.) Curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases" [ant: incurable].
Curable (a.) Capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent.
Curacao (n.) Alt. of Curacoa.
Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with the peel from the sour orange, and sometimes with cinnamon and mace; -- first made at the island of Cura[,c]cao in the Netherlands Antilles near Venezuela.
Curacao (n.) A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
Curacao (n.) Flavored with sour orange peel [syn: curacao, curacoa].
Curacies (n. pl. ) of Curacy.
Curacy (n.) The office or employment of a curate. Curare
Curacy (n.) The position of a curate.
Curare (n.) Alt. of Curari.
Curari (n.) 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.]
Curare (n.) A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction" [syn: tubocurarine, curare].
Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Curarize (v. t.) To poison with curare.
Curassow (n.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae.
Curat (n.) A cuirass or breastplate.
Curate (n.) One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.
Curateship (n.) A curacy.
Curation (n.) Cure; healing.
Curative (v. t.) Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.
Curator (n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.
Curator (n.) 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 (n.) The office of a curator.
Curatrix (n.) A woman who cures.
Curatrix (n.) A woman who is a guardian or custodian.
Curbed (imp. & p. p.) of Curb.
Curbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curb.
Curb (v. t.) 給（馬）裝上勒馬繩，勒住；控制，遏止 To bend or curve. [Obs.]
Curb (v. t.) 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.
Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.]
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. -- Shak.
Curb (n.) [C] 勒馬繩；控制，約束，抑制 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.
Curb (n.) (Arch.) 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.
Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
Curb (n.) A curbstone.
Curb (n.) (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 (Arch.), A plate serving the purpose of a curb.
Deck curb. See under Deck.
Curb (n.) An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) [syn: curb, curbing, kerb]
Curb (n.) A horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse [syn: curb, curb bit].
Curb (n.) A stock exchange in New York [syn: American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curb].
Curb (n.) The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: bridle, check, curb].
Curb (v.) Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate].
Curb (v.) To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb].
Curb (v.) Keep to the curb; "curb your dogs."
Curb (v.) Place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict, curtail, curb, cut back].
Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Curb roof (n.) A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
Curb roof (n.) A roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge.
Curbstone (n.) A stone set along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
Curbstone broker. See under Broker.
Compare: Broker
Broker (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent.
Broker (n.) (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. -- Story.
Broker (n.) A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
Broker (n.) A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]
Broker (n.) A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bill broker, One who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange.
Curbstone broker or Street broker, An operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.]
Exchange broker, One who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money.
Insurance broker, One who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire.
Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker.
Real estate broker, One who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.
Ship broker, One who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc.
Stock broker. See Stockbroker.
Curbstone (n.) A paving stone forming part of a curb [syn: curbstone, kerbstone].
Curch (n.) See Courche.
Curculios (n. pl. ) of Curculio.
Curculio (n.) 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 (a.) Pertaining to the Curculionideae, or weevil tribe.
Curcuma (n.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
Curcumin (n.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
Curd (n.) 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.
Curd (n.) The coagulated part of any liquid.
Curd (n.) The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
Curded (imp. & p. p.) of Curd.
Curding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curd.
Curd (v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey. -- Shak.
Curd (n.) A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd."
Curd (n.) Coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey."
Curdiness (n.) The state of being curdy.
Curdle (v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. -- Southey.
Curdled (imp. & p. p.) of Curdle.
Curdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curdle.
Curdle (v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle whites of eggs" -- Boyle.
Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
My chill blood is curdled in my veins. -- Dryden.
Curdle (v.) Turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize].
Curdle (v.) Go bad or sour; "The milk curdled."
Curdle (v.) Turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled."
Curdless (a.) Destitute of curd.
Curdy (a.) Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. "A curdy mass." -- Arbuthnot.
Cure (n.) Care, heed, or attention. [Obs.]
Of study took he most cure and most heed. -- Chaucer.
Vicarages of greatcure, but small value. -- Fuller.
Cure (n.) 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.
Cure (n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Cure (n.) 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.
Cure (n.) 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-all (n.) A cure or solution for any illness or problem.
Cure-all (n.) A remedy for all ills : Panacea.
Cured (imp. & p. p.) of Cure.
Curing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cure.
Cure (v. t.) 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.
Cure (v. t.) 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.