Cuphea 
one, C. plttliic' 'iti fa, is f.immnn in greenhouses under the 
MallM- llf l-n/lll- jftllltt, 
Cuphic, </. mill n. See I 'iiji,-. 
CUp-hilted (knpldl'ted), ". Km-nislied with a 
cup-guard, ii a swonl. SIT i-ii/i-fiHiiril. 
Cupid (kii'pid), . [< L. Cupido, personification 
Of I'll/iiilii (fii- 
liil/ili-), ilcsil'c, 
passion, < i'M- 
perc, desire : 
sci- i-'ii't /.] In 
Hum. ini/lli., the 
god of love, 
identified with 
the Greek Rros, 
the son of Her- 
mes (Mercury) 
and Aphrodite 
(Venus). He U 
generally ivpiv- 
sriitfil it8 a bounti- 
ful lx>y with wings, 
carrying a IMIU ami 
quiver of arrow*, 
null is often spoken 
of as blind or blind- 
folded. The name 
ia often given in art 
to figures of chil- 
Cupid. Vatican Museum, Rome. dren, with or with- 
out wings, intro- 
duced, sometimes in considerable number, as a motive of 
decoration, and with little or no mythological allusion. 
The seal was Cupid lient alxwe a scroll, 
And o'er his head Uranian Venus IIIIIIK, 
And raised the blinding bandage from his eyes. 
TennifMon, Princess, I. 
To look for Cupids in the eyes. Same as to look 
habit*, etc. (which see, under baby, n., 8). 
The Naiads, sitting near upon the aged rocks. 
Are busied with their combs, to braid his verdant locks, 
Wink; in their crystal eye* he doth/or Cupids look. 
Drayton, Polyolblon, 11. 882. 
cupidity (ku-pid'i-ti), n. [< F. cupiditi = Pr. 
cupidittit = It. ciiplditd, < L. cupidita(t-)s, de- 
sire, covetoiisness, < cupidus, desirous, < cupere, 
desire: see covet.] 1. An eager desire to pos- 
sess something; inordinate desire ; immoderate 
craving, especially for wealth or power ; greed. 
No property is secure when it becomes large enough to 
tempt the cupidity of indigent power. Burke. 
Many articles that might have aroused the cupidity of 
unambitious thieves. Lathrup, Spanish Vistas, p. 193. 
2. Specifically, sexual love. [Rare.] 
Love, as it is called by boys and girls, shall ever he the 
sxibject of my ridicule, . . . villainous cupidity! 
liichantmrn, Sir Charles Qrandison, VI. 106. 
= Syn. 1. CiH'efiHtniexx, Cupidity, etc. (see avarice), crav- 
ing, hankering, grasping, lust for wealth, etc. 
cupidone (ku'pi-dou), n. [F., < Cupidon, < L. 
I'li/iido, Cupid: see Cupid.'} A flowering plant 
of gardens, f'<it<iaiiche carulea. 
Cupidonia (ku-pi-do'ni-a), . [NL. (Reichen- 
bach, 1853), extended from eupitlo, the specific 
name of the bird, < L. Cupido, Cupid.] A ge- 
nus of gallinaceous birds of the grouse family, 
Tetraonida; ; the pinnated grouse. They have alu- 
lets or little wing-like tufts of feathers on the sides of the 
neck, which may have been fancifully likened to Cupid's 
Willis; a short tail with broad feathers; the head some- 
ubat !Ti-stf<l : tin- tarsi partly feathered ; and the plumage 
harri'il rrosswisr n the under parts. The genus is based 
ilium tin- common prairie-hen of the t'niti'il states. ('<//. i- 
iinuia cnpitltt. A second smaller kind is C. paWiWiV/m-M. 
\l-'i ralleil Tit/ll/xt Illli'llllx. 
cupidoust, a- [< L. cupuliitt, desiring, desirous, 
longing, < cupcre. desire, long for: see covet.'} 
Full of ciijiidily. c,,l,-x. 1717. 
Cupid's-wing (ku'pids-wing), n. A piece of 
leather at. the top of the check in a pianoforte- 
:irlii>n. SuTiii-tiliics called////. 
cupiscent (ku'pi-sent), (I. [< LL. CHpi*crn(t-)ii, 
]>]ir. iif i-ii/ii.tfin; wish, < L. ciiprr>; desire: see 
Cii/iii/, </< t. } Same as eonriipiscnit. 
1399 
cup-land (knp'laml), n. In British India, the 
depressed laud along the rivers; the river- 
bankH. 
cup-leather (kup'leTH'er), n. Apiece of leather 
fastened around the plunger or bucket of a 
puuip. For a bucket it is sleeve-shaped, and 
for a plunger it is made with a solid bottom. 
/:. //. l\lli;/lil. 
cup-lichen (kup'li'ken), n. A lichen having a 
goblet-shaped podetium, as Cliulonin /ii/.iiiluln. 
or a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped apotlieciuin, 
as I.ffintoru tartiin-fi. Also called cnp-mtixx. 
See cut under cinlhrnr. 
cupman (kup'mau), M. ; pi. fupmen (-men). [< 
cup + man.] A boon companion; a fellow- 
reveler. [Rare.] 
" Oh, a friend of mine ! a brother cttpinan," . . . said 
Htll'lfo, carelessly. flulwer, Last l)ays of Pompeii, il. 1. 
cupmealt, adc. [< ME. cupniel, eupjiemrli- ; < 
cup + meal.'] A cupful at a time; cup by cup. 
A galoun [of ale] for a grote god wote, no lessc ; 
And git it cam in cupinel. Piers Plowman (B) v. 225. 
cup-moss (kup'mds), n. [< cup + moss 1 .] Same 
as cup-lichen. 
cup-mushroom (kup'mush'rom), n. See mush- 
room . 
cupola (ku'po-lS), n. [= F. coupole = Sp.ciipula 
= Pg. cupula, cupola = D. koepel = G. Dan. 
kuppel = Sw. kupol, < It. cupola, a dome, < LL. 
cupula, dim. of L. cupa, a tub, cask, ML. cupa, It. 
coppa, etc., a cup: see cup.] 1. In arch., a 
vault, either hemispherical or produced by the 
revolution about its axis of two curves inter- 
secting at the apex, or by a semi-ellipse cover- 
ing a circular or polygonal area, and supported 
either upon four arches or upon solid walls. 
The Italian word signifies a hemispherical roof which 
covers a circular huildiug, like the Pantheon at Rome or 
the temple of Vesta at Tivoli. Most modern cupolas are 
semi-elliptical, cut through their shortest iflameter; but 
the greater number of ancient cupolas were hemispherical. 
In colloquial use, the cupola is often considered as a di- 
minutive dome, or the name is specifically applied to a 
small structure rising above a roof and often having the 
character of a tower or lantern, and in no sense that of a 
dome. 
2. The round top of any structure, as of a fur- 
nace j the structure itself. See cupola-furnace. 
Specifically 3. Milit., a revolving shot-proof 
turret, formed of strong timbers, and armored 
with massive iron plates. In some systems of cu- 
polas the tower is erected on a base which is made to turn 
on Its center by means of steam-power. Within the tur- 
ret heavy ordnance is placed, and fired through openings 
in the sides. Farrow, Mil. Encyc. 
4. In anat. : (a) The summit of the cochlea. 
(6) The summit of an intestinal gland. Frey. 
5. In conch., the so-called dorsal or visceral 
hump, made by the heap of viscera. 
cupolaedt (ku po-lad), a. [< cupola + -erf 2 .] 
Having a cupola. 
Here is also another rich ebony cabinet cupola'd with a 
tortoise-shell. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 22, 1644. 
Now hast thou chang'd thee, saint ; and made 
Thyself a fane that's cupola 'if. Lovelace, Lucasta. 
cupola-furnace (ku'po-la-f6r'nas), ii. In metal., 
a shaft-furnace built more slightly than the 
ordinary blast-furnace, and usually of fire-brick, 
hooped or cased with iron. It is chiefly used 
for remelting cast-iron for foundry purposes. 
cupolatedt (ku'po-la-ted). d. [< cupola + -ate* 
+ -fd 2 .] Having a cupola. 
They shew'd us Virgil's sepulchre erected on a steepe 
rock, in forme of a small rotunda or cupiflated columue. 
Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 7, 1645. 
cuppa (kup'a), n. [ML., a cup: see cup.] A 
cup; specifically, eceles., the bowl or cup of a 
chalice or of a ciborium. 
cupped (kiipt), a. [< cup + -erf 2 .] Depressed 
at the center like a cup ; dished ; cup-shaped. 
In the original machine [type-writer] the keys were of 
bone, slightly cupped, with letters in relief, so that the 
blind could use It. SW. Aiaer., N. 8., LVI. 276. 
cupper (kup'er), n. If. One who carries a cup ; 
a cup-bearer. 2. One who applies a cupping- 
glass. 
cupping (kup'ing), n. [Verbal n. of cup, r.] 
1. In surg., the application of the cupping- 
glass. There are two modes of cupping : one in which 
the part is scarified and some blood taken away to relieve 
congestion or inflammation of internal parts, called "' 
cupping, or more generally simply ntppiny ; and a second, 
termed" ifrt/ <-i//*//n;/. in which there is no scarification and 
no blood is utatractrd. 
2. A concavity in the end of a cylindrical cast- 
ing, produced by the shrinkage of the metal. 
3. A shallow countersink. 
cupping-glass (kup'iug-glas), n. A glass ves- 
st>l liki- a cup applied to the skin in the opera- 
tion of cupping. The air within is rarrtli-d by h. -it at 
otherwise, so that when applied to the skin a irtial 
Cupressus 
v:ii uiiln in produced, ami 1)i- part to uhii-b it is a|>p]if<l 
SWrlNllj. lilt" till L'la~,-. \\ln-l" Hi.' ..lljn't is lillHt.l ll't- 
tinu r th< i' i> ni-M. ill-- 'tipiiiui: LrlaHH an apparatus rallr.l 
Mtirah.r. liiriii-,li' .1 with flu.' hm.rts <>]eratcd by a 
spring or triaui-r. by whii-h tin; nkin is rut, or thr skin is 
cut bj a similar iiislriliui-iit I., t.n. tin- i -lipping ulax It 
used. Various forms of riippin;.' inxtruuiriiU are used. 
Still at tln-ir IniokH, they will not IK,- pull d off ; 
Tin", sii< k liki- <-ni'i<< //! 'tkuta. 
/Ii ',/,, , (and "Hi,',:*), liloody llrot her, iv. -2. 
cupping-houset (kup'ing-hous), n. [< I-HII/IIHI/. 
verbal n. (with rel'i-ivm-i' to the cup that ineliri 
ates), + house.] A tavern. 
How many of these madmen . . . lavish <nit tbrir short 
thiMsin . . . playing, dicing, drinkiliK. f' anting. l a-lini; ; 
a ."/'/""' AMI..,\ a vaiiltin^-hoiiKr, a gaming-house, share 
their inmiis, livrs, smils. /,''. '/'. A<ltitnx, Works, I. 277. 
cupping-machine (kup'ing-ma-shen*), n. The 
first machine used in the process of making 
metallic cartridge-cases, it conslxu of two stamps 
or dies, one working within the other. The outer one cuts 
the copper blank and the next pulls It into the shape of a 
rtip. preparing ft for drawing in other machines. E. 11. 
Knitrht. 
cupping-tool (kup'ing-tdl), n. A cup-shaped 
blacksmiths' swage. 
cup-plant (kup ' plant), n. The Sil- 
/mium /lerfiiliiitum, a tall, stout com- 
posite of the United States, with a 
square stem and large opposite leaves, 
the upper pairs connate at the base 
and forming a cup-like cavity. The 
flowers are large and yellow. 
CUppules(kup'ulz),.^J. Infcer.,bars- 
gemel. See gemel. 
cup-purse (kup'pers), n. A long net- 
ted purse one or both ends of which 
are wrought upon a cup-formed mold CuppinK- 
. M . tools. 
to give it shape. 
cuppy (kup'i), . [Appar. < F. coupf, cut: see 
coupe.] In her., one of the furs composed of 
patches like potent, but arranged so that each 
is set against a patch of the same tincture, in- 
stead of alternated. It is always argent and azure 
unless otherwise blazoned. Also called potent counter- 
potent. 
cuprate (ku'prat), n. [< cupr(if) + -ate 1 .] A 
salt of cupric acid. 
cuprea-bark (ku'pro-ji-bilrk), n. [< LL. cit- 
prcHx, coppery (< cuprum, copper), + bark 2 .] 
The bark of Itemijia Purdieana and K.jieduncu- 
lata, trees of tropical South America, allied to 
Ciuchnna. It is of a copper-red color, and yields 
quinine and allied alkaloids. 
CUpreine (ku'pre-in), n. [< cuprea(-l>ark) + 
-ic 2 .] An alkaloid obtained from the double 
alkaloid homoquinine, found in a variety of cu- 
prea-bark, the product of Rcmijia pedunculata. 
cupreous (ku'pre-us), a. [< LL. cupreus, of 
copper, < citpnim, copper: see copper.] 1. 
Consisting of or containing copper; having the 
Sroperties of copper. 2. Copper-colored; red- 
ish-brown with a metallic luster. 
I got a rare mess of golden and silver and bright cu- 
preou* nshcs, which looked like a string of jewels. 
Thoreau, Walden, p. 338. 
Cupreous luster. Sec huter. 
Cupressineae (ku-pre-sin'e-e), . pi. [NL., < 
t'upressus + -in- + -ea.] A suborder of Coni- 
fer<s, of which the genus Cupressus is the type, 
with opposite or ternate, mostly scale-like, 
and adnate leaves. It includes also the genera Juni- 
pmt*, ChaiiHtct/paris, Thuya, LOtocednu, Taxodium, and 
others of the old world. 
Cupressites (ku-pr*-eS'tfi), n. [NL., < Cupres- 
sus, q. v.] A genus of fossil plants considered 
to be closely allied to, if not identical with, the 
recent genus Cuprexmis (which see). This genus 
is one of those found in connection with aml>er, and in 
various later geological formations, especially the lignitir 
group of northern (Jet-many. The forms found in the Per- 
mian, and so characteristic of a part of that group, and 
which were formerly referred to Cupreggitett, are now put 
in the genus t'llmannia. 
Cupressocrinidae (ku-pres-o-krin'i-de), . pi. 
[NL., < ('it/ircsxoerinus + -ida-.] A family of 
fossil crinoids or encrinites, named from the 
genus r/iivx.wiT//, having a cup-shaped 
calyx, ranging from the Devonian to the Car- 
boniferous formation. 
cnpressocrinite (ku-pre-sok'ri-nit), n. [As 
1'iijirixMM-i-iiinx + -i'fc' 2 .] An encrinite of the 
genus Cuprcxxncrinitx. 
Cupressocrinus (ku-pre-sok'ri-nus), n. [NL., 
< L. fii/ireHnHx. cypress, + Gr. tcpivov, lily.] A 
genus of encrinites. 
Cupressus (ku-pres'us), n. [NL., < L. euprex- 
.v, rai'rly ri//Hirix/tux, iii LI/. fi/iirt-Kxiin: see 
ru/irixx.] A tri-mis of coniferous trees having 
small, scale-like, appressed or spreading acute 
leaves, as in the junipers, and cones formed of 
a small number of peltate woody scales, with 
