Cone of Cypress 
(CnpressHS}. 
Cupressus 
several small angular seeds to each scale ; the 
cypress. The common cypress of the old world is C. 
si'utpereireiis, a native of the East. 
The tree with erect appressed branch- 
es, having a slender pyramidal form, 
frequently planted in Mohammedan 
and other buryiug-grouuds, is a va- 
riety of this species, besides which 
there are three or four others in the 
Mediterranean region and central 
Asia. In North America there are 
seven or eight species, in Mexico, 
Arizona, and California. The wood 
is fragrant, compact, and durable. 
cupric (ku'prik), a. [< LL. cu- 
l-um, copper, + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the 
nature of copper; derived from copper: as, 
cupric acid. Also cuprous. Cupric compound, a 
compound into which the atom of copper enters with 
equivalence of two : for example, CuO, cupric oxid. In a 
cuprous compound two atoms of copper enter, forming a 
bivalent group : for example, Cu^O, cuprous oxid. 
cupriferous (ku-prif'e-rus), a. [< LL. cuprum, 
copper, + L. ferre, == E. bear 1 , + -ous.~\ Pro- 
ducing or containing copper; copper-bearing: 
as, cupriferous ore, or silver. 
cuprite (ku'prit), . [< LL. cuprum, copper, 
+ -ire 2 .] The red oxid of copper; red copper 
ore; a common ore of copper, of a bright-red 
color, occurring in isometric crystals (cubes, 
octahedrons, etc.), and also massive. It is 
sometimes found in capillary forms, as in the 
variety chalcotrichite. 
cupro-ammonium (ku"pr6-a-mp'ni-um), n. 
Same as copperized ammonia (which see, under 
copperize). 
cnproid (ku'proid), n. [< LL. cuprum, copper, 
+ Gr. cMof, form.] In crystal., a solid related 
to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve 
equal triangles. It is the hemihedral form 
of the tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohe- 
dron. 
cupromagnesite (ku-pro-mag'ne-sit), n. [< 
LL. cuprum, copper, + NL. magnesium, q. v., 
+ -ite 2 .] A hydrous sulphate of copper and 
magnesium. 
CUproscheelite (ku-pro-she'lit), n. [< LL. cu- 
prum, copper, + scheelite.] A variety of schee- 
lite containing several per cent, of copper oxid. 
CUprose (kup'roz), n. [Also coprose; < cop 1 or 
cup + rose 2 .] Same as copper-rose. 
cuprous (ku'prus), a. [< LL. cuprum, copper, 
+ -ous.] Same as cupric. 
cupseed (kup'sed), . A tall, climbing, meni- 
spermaeeous vine of the southern United States, 
Calycocarpum Lyoni, with large lobed, cordate 
leaves and small greenish-white flowers. The 
fruit is a large drupe containing a bony seed 
hollowed out on one side like a cup. 
cup-shaped (kup'shapt), a. Shaped like a cup. 
-Cup-snaped organs, specifically, in some Hiniilinea, 
bundles of tactile setfie embedded in depressions of the in- 
tegument of the head and body. 
cup-shrimp (kup'shrimp), n. A shrimp, J'uhe- 
mon vulgaris, when so small as to be sold by 
measure, not by counting. [Local, British.] 
cup-sponge (kup'spunj), . A kind of commer- 
cial sponge. The Turkey cup-sponge is Spongia 
adriatica, also called Levant toilet-sponge. 
cupula (ku'pu-la), n. ; pi. cupula; (-le). [NL., 
a little cup, etc., dim. of ML. cupa, a cup: see 
cupola and cup.] Same as cupule. 
cupular (ku'pu-lar), a. [< cupula + -rw 2 .] 
Cup-shaped ; resembling a small cup. 
cupulate (ku'pu-lat), a. [< NL. eupulatus, < 
cupula, q. v.] Same as cupular. 
cupule (ku'pul), . [< NL. cupula, q. v.] 1. 
A small cup-shaped depression, as in rock. 
These eupulei have not only various sizes in different 
stones, but even in the same stone differ considerably 
from one surface to another. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 112. 
2. In lot. : (a) A form of involucre, occurring 
in the oak, beech, chestnut, and hazel, consist- 
ing of bracts 
which in fruit 
cohere into a 
kind of cup. 
(6) In fungi, 
a receptacle 
shaped like the 
cupofan acorn, 
as in Peziza. 
3. In entom., 
a little cup- 
shaped organ; 
specifically, one of the sucking-disks on the 
lower surface of the tarsi of certain aquatic 
beetles. 
Also cupula. 
Oupuliferae (ku-pu-lif'e-re), 11. pi. [NL., fern, 
pi. (sc. L. plantw, plaiits) of cupuliferiis: see 
1400 
cupulifci-oiu.] An important order of apeta- 
lous exogenous trees, including the oak, chest- 
nut, beech, birch, etc. It is characterized hy niono:- 
cious flowers, of which the staminate are in amenta and 
the pistillate have an inferior or naked 2- to 6-celled 
ovary, the cells having one or two ovules. The order is 
divided into three tribes, each of which has been ranked 
as a distinct order : viz., Quemnece (the Cupultffrtx of 
many authors), which have the fruit surrounded or inclosed 
in a scaly or spiny involucre or cup, as in the oak, chest- 
nut, and beech ; Coryleoe, with the bracts of the involucre 
foliaceous and more or less united, as in the hazel and 
hornbeam ; and Betuleai, which have the scale-like bracts 
imbricate in a spike and the nutlets small and flattened, 
as in the birch and alder. The 10 genera include about 
400 species, distributed over the temperate regions of the 
northern hemisphere. 
CUpuliferoUS (ku-pu-lif'e-rus), a, [< NL. cu- 
puliferus, < cupula, q. v., 4- L. ferre = E. bear^.] 
In bot., bearing eupules. 
cupuliform (ku'pu-li-form), a. [< NL. cupula, 
q. v., + L. forma', shape.] Shaped like or re- 
sembling a cupule ; cupular. 
cup-valve (kup'valv), n. 1. A cup-shaped or 
conical valve which is guided by a 
stem to and from its flaring seat. 
2. A valve placed like an inverted 
cup over an opening. 3. A form 
of balance-valve which opens si- 
multaneously at the sides and top. 
E. B. Knight. 
CUT (ker), n. [< ME. kur,curre; of 
LG. or Scand. origin: = MD. korre, 
a house-dog, watch-dog, = Sw. dial. 
kurre, a dog. Prob. so called from 
his growling; cf. MD. *korren, in 
comp. korrepot, equiv. to D. knorre- 
pot (= Dan. knurrepotte), a grumbler, snarler 
(cf. MD. D. knorren = G. knurren = Dan. knurre, 
grumble, snarl), = Icel. kurra, grumble, mur- 
mur, = Sw. kurra, croak, rumble, = Dan. kurre, 
coo, whirr; cf. E. dial, curr, cry as an owl, Sc. 
curr, coo as a dove, purr as a cat, curdoo, cur- 
dote, curroo, coo as a dove, currie-wirrie, ex- 
pressive of a noisy habitual growl. An imita- 
tive word: see curr, and cf. chirr, churr, hurr, 
whirr.] 1. A dog: usually in depreciation, a 
snarling, worthless, or outcast dog; a dog of 
low or degenerate breed. 
iip-valve 
def. I). 
Cupules. 
a, cupule of acorn; 6, cupule of funeus 
(/*). 
They, . . . like to village cun, 
liark when their fellows do. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 
Hang, hair, like hemp, or like the Isling cur's. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iv. 1. 
lioth mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, 
And curt of low degree. 
Goldsmith, Elegy on the Death of a Mad I>og. 
2. Figuratively, a surly, ill-bred man ; a low, 
despicable, ill-natured fellow: used in con- 
tempt. 
What would you have, you curs, 
That like nor peace nor war? Shak., Cor., i. 1. 
curability (kur-a-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. curabilite 
= It. curabilita, < LIJ. as if *curabilita{t-)s, < 
curabilis : see mirable."] The character of be- 
ing curable ; the fact of admitting of cure. 
Curable (kur'a-bl), a. [= F. curable = Pr. Sp. 
curable = Pg. curavel It. curabile, < LL. cura- 
bilis, < L. curare, cure: see cure, >.] 1. Ca- 
pable of being healed or cured; admitting a 
remedy: as, a curable disease or patient; a cur- 
able evil. 
There be some Distempers of the Mind that proceed 
from those of the Body, and so are curable by Drugs and 
Diets. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 58. 
2f. Capable of curing. 
A curable vertue against all diseases. 
Sandys, Travailes, III. 174. 
curableuess (kur'a-bl-nes), n. Capability of 
being cured, healed, or remedied ; curability. 
The arguments which Helmont and others draw from 
the providence of God, for the cumblenes* of all diseases. 
Boyle, Works, II. 110. 
Curacao (ko-ra-so'), n. [So named from the 
island of Curasao, north of Venezuela. See cit- 
rassow.~\ A cordial made of spirit sweetened 
and flavored with the peel of the bitter orange. 
Commonly written curaqoa. 
Curacao-bird (kij-ra-so'berd), n. An old name 
of the Guianan curassow or mituporanga, Crax 
alector ; the crested curassow. Browne ; ISris- 
son, 1760. 
curacoa, . Incorrect spelling of curacao. 
Curacy (ku'ra-si), . ; pi. curacies (-siz). [< 
curate 1 + -cy"; as if < NL. *curatia.~\ 1. The 
office or employment of a curate. 
They get into orders as soon as they can, and if they be 
very fortunate, arrive in time to a curacy here in town. 
Swift. 
curate 
2t. The condition or office of a guardian ; guar- 
dianship. 
By way of curacy and protectorship. 
lloyer Xorth, Examen, p. 260, 
Perpetual curacy. See perpetual curate, under cur"*'- 
curari, curara (kb'-ra'ri, -ra), n. [8. Arner., 
also written curare, and in many variant forms, 
ourari, urari, woorara, woorali, wourali, wooraly, 
wouri, wourara, etc.] A brown-black, shining, 
brittle, resinous substance, consisting of the 
aqueous extract of Struchnos toxifera, and va- 
rious other species of the same genus, used by 
South American Indians for poisoning their 
arrows, especially the small arrows shot from 
the blow-gun. Curari may, except in very large doses, 
be introduced with impunity into the alimentary canal ; 
but if introduced into a puncture of the skin so as to mix 
with the blood, the effect is instantly fatal. Its principal 
effect is paralysis of the terminations of the motor nerves, 
and it causes death by paralysis of the muscles of the 
chest, producing suffocation. The chief use of curari by 
the Indians is for the chase, animals killed by it being 
quite wholesome. It is largely used in physiological ex- 
periments, and to a small extent therapentically in spas- 
modic affections, as tetanus, rabies, etc. 
curarine (kb'-ra'rin), n. [< curari + -iwe 2 .] An 
alkaloid extracted from curari, forming col- 
orless prisms more poisonous than the curari 
which yields it. One hundredth of a gram 
introduced into the skin of a rabbit produces 
death in a short time. 
curarization (ko-ra-ri-za'shon), n. [< curarise 
+ -ation.] The act or operation of curarizing ; 
the state of being curarized. 
curarize (ko-rii'riz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. cura- 
rized, ppr. curarizing. [< curari + -ize.] To 
administer curari to; destroy the motor with- 
out destroying the sensory function of the ner- 
vous system by the use of curari, as in vivisec- 
tion, when the animal is rendered motionless 
and voiceless, but not insensible to pain. 
curassow (ku-ras'6), n. [< curagao(-bird) : see 
curacao.] 1. One of the large gallinaceous 
South American birds of the genera Crax and 
Pauxi, and the subfamily Cracime. There are in all 
upward of 12 species. The best-known, and that to which 
the name was flrst applied, is the curacao-bird or crested 
curassow, Crax alector, of a greenish-black color with a 
white crest, inhabiting northerly parts of South America. 
The red cnrassow is Cmxrnbra; the galeated curassow or 
Globose Curassow (Crax globicera). 
cushew-bird is Pauxi (faleata ; the red-knobbed cnrassow 
is Crax (CroKsolaryng-us) carunculata or yarrelli. The 
globose curassow, C. (jlobicera, is notable as the northern- 
most species, and the only one found north of Panama ; it 
ranges into Mexico. Several species of curassows are do- 
mesticated in their native country, and resemble the tur- 
key in size and general character. 
2. pi. The family Cracidte. 
Also spelled carasou; cantssow, and also called 
hocco, mituporanga, and by other names. 
curavt, See curate 1 . 
CUTat 2 t, . [Also curate, curiet, appar. based 
on ML. euratia, a cuirass: see cuirass, and cf. 
OF. cuiret, undressed leather, from same ult. 
source.] A cuirass. 
Enchasing on their citrate with my blade, 
That none so fair as fair Angelica. 
Greene. Orlando Furioso. 
The mastiffs fierce that hunt the bristled boar 
Are harnessed with curat* light and strong. 
John Dennytt (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 173). 
curate 1 (ku'rat), H. [< ME. curat = OFries. l;u- 
rit, < ML. ev/ratut (> It. enrato = F. cure), a 
priest, curate, prop, adj., having to do with the 
cure of souls, < L. cura, cure, care: see cure, 
.] 1. According to former use, one who has 
the cure of souls ; a priest; a minister. 
When thou sh:ilt be shriven of thy <(/;<(/, tell him eke 
all the sinncs Unit thou hast don sitli tbuii \\eiv laste 
shriven. Chaitci'i; Parson's Tale. 
