CUB SUPPLEMENT. DAS 



powder, two or three times a day, they hare 

 been found a remedy for some forms of 

 gonorrhoea. 



CUBICITE, cubic zeolite or Analime. 



CUBIT NATURAL, the length from the 

 lbow to the extremity of the middle flnger. 

 vs. a geometrical cubit 



CvFHELLf , the pale tubercle like cpoU 

 on the under surface of the thallut of 

 lichens. 



CVSTICA, or CTSTICS, an order of Entozoa, 

 the bodies of which are terminated by cysts 

 belonging to one or more individuals. It in- 

 cludes the parasitical hyatids which produce 

 staggers in sheep and measles in pork. 



ieep 

 infla 



CYSTITIS, inflammation of the bladder. 



CYTISCS, this plant so frequently men- 

 tioned by Greek and Roman writers is sup- 

 posed to be the Afedicago Arbor ea of Lin- 

 nseus, a kind of clover. 



CVTOBLAST, the cellule, nucleus, or centre 

 from which the organic cell is developed, in 



equal to six ordinary cubits. 



CUBITUS, the forearm, of which the ulna 

 is the 01 cubiti. 



CUISSES, CUISSARTS, 4c , plate armour to 

 protect the front of the thigh. 



CULTRATE, coulter-shaped ; or straight on 

 the one side or edge, aud curved on the 

 other. 



CUMIN, the fruit or seeds of Caminum I physiology. 

 Cyminum. i CTTOBLASTEMA, the structureless or appa- 



CUNEATE, wedge-shaped. rently structureless substance in which the 



CUNEIFORM LETTERS, the wedge-shaped elementary cellules or cytoblasts are con- 

 characters of the early Assyrian and Persian \ tained. 

 bricks and monuments, &c. The unravelling 

 of this form of writing and the translations 



given of the inscriptions and records pre- 1 -p. 



served in it by Sir Henry Rawlinson and 

 Mr. George Smith have opened up a new era 

 in the investigation of ancient history. | DACELO, a large passerine bird of Aui- 



CCRCUMIN, a resinous colouring matter tralia. This name is composed by a trans- 

 found in turmeric root. j position of the letters of the word Alcedo, 



CCRL, a potato disease so called from its t, ne genus including the kingfisher, from 

 first attacking and curling the leaves, and w hi c h this genus was separated. This mode 

 finally obstructing or stopping the yegeta- ; of forming generic name* connected with the 

 tion. genera from which the separation was made 



CURTATE DISTANCE, the distance of a was introduced by Dr. Leach, and possesses 

 planet from the sun reduced to the plane of gome obvious advantages, 

 the ecliptic. | DACRYOMA, a disease of the lachrymal 



CUSTARD APPLE, the fruit of the Anona fluct> by wn ich the moisture and tears from 

 reticulata of the West Indies. t he eyes are obstructed in passing through 



CYASIN, the colouring matter of blue and the duct into the interior of the nostril in 

 red flowers. ! the usual way, and flow in consequence 



CYANOSIS, the blue disease. The admin- d own upon t h e cheek, causing a scalding of 

 istration medically in extreme cases of ni- the face and cutaneous irritation, 

 trate of silver frequently gives a leaden blue D AC TTLI, the name of the Phrygian 

 colour to the exposed parts of the body, as priests connected with the worship of 

 well as more or less to the other parts ; but c y ), e i e or Rhea 



blueness of the body frequently also arises DACTYLIOGRAPH, the name of the artist 

 from malformation of the heart. inscribed on a gem sculpture was so called 



CYCLOID, COMPANION TO THE, a curve by tne Greeks 



generated by a point always vertically over DACTYLIOGRAPHY, the art or science of 

 the point of contact of the rolling circle and gem-sculpture or engraving, 

 its base, and m the same line as the descnb- DADYL, a hydrocarbon derived from oil of 

 inj point. Roberval by the aid of this solved turpentine 



the quadrature of the cycloid, and showed j) AIMIO ,' the title of a feudal lord in 

 that the area of the space between the cy- Japan of whom tnere are 264. They are 

 cloid and its companion is exactly equal to ett goTere ig ns wit hm their own tcrri- 

 that of the rolling circle. ; and that the area tori and eignleen of tnem are said to be 

 of the cycloid itself is equal to three times TirtuaUy independent, 

 that of the circle. DA IS tne ^ised floor, and ah 



CYNOSARGES, an academy near the Ly- an(1 canopy OTer it at tne U p per end of an 

 ceum in the suburbs cf Athens. It had seve- old ^ininz-halL 



ral temples and a celebrated gymnasium. DA sraa iurucks used in coal-workings. 

 The sect of the Cynics was here instituted by D AP , CO , a species of caouchouc obtained 

 Antisthenes. from the siphonia elattica of S. America. 



CYNOSURE, the northern polar constella. DAROO Tl{EE the ^ypUan ug or sjcamor e, 

 tiou of Ursa Minor. Now poetically applied Sycomorut Aniiauorum 

 to the pole star and to any point of guldaiue DASYPUS, "rough-footed," the name 

 or attraction. Literally H signifies a dog's glreu by the Greeks to tne iiare.but now 

 toil! " (KVVOaoupd.) applied to the armadillo. 



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