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the cluke of Cumberland, over the rebels commanded by 
prince Charles Stuart, which for ever deftroyed the views 
of that family and their friends, with refpeft to the crown 
of Great Britain : four miles eaft of Invernefs. 
■ CULLOG'R, a towrn of Hindooftan, in the country of 
Golconda: fifteen miles weft of Rajamundry, aud 100 
eaft of Hydrabud. 
CUL'LUMBINE, / [more properly fpelt Colum¬ 
bine.] The flowers of this plant are beautifully varie¬ 
gated with blue, purple, red, and white. Miller. 
Her goodly bofom, like a ftravvberry bed ; 
Her neck, like to a bunch of cullumbihcs. Spcnfer. 
CULLUMP'TON. See Collumpton. 
CUL'I.Y, f. \_coglionc, Ital. a fool.] A man deceived 
or impofed upon ; as by fharpers, or a ftrumpet.—He 
takes it in mighty dudgeon, bccaufe I won’t let him 
make me over by deed as his lawful cully. Arbuthnot. 
Yet the rich cullies may their boafting fpare : 
They purchafe but fophifticated ware. Drydcn. 
To CUL'LY, v. a. To befool; to cheat; to trick ; to 
deceive ; to impofe upon. 
CUL'I.Y, a town of Svvifferland, in the canton of 
Berne, on the north coaft of the lake of Geneva : five 
miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Laufanne. 
CUL'LYTON, or Colyton, a fmall town in the 
county of Devon, with a market 01? Thurfdays : fifteen 
miles weft of Lime, and 150 weft of London. 
CULM, a town of Polifli Pruflia, capital of a palatinate 
of the fame name, and the fee of a bifliop. This town 
was built in the thirteenth century, and is fituated on 
the Viftula. It was given by a duke of Mafovia to the 
knights of the Teutonic order, who made it the feat of 
their tribunal as long as they were pofTeflTed of the terri¬ 
tory of Culm, during which time the Culmean law was 
generally received throughout Pruflia : from the Teu¬ 
tonic knights it became fubjeft to the kings of Poland; 
and has with its territory been fince annexed to Pruflia. 
It is large, without commerce, and but thinly inhabited. 
It was once Hanfeatic, and till lately retained the privi¬ 
lege of coining money : eighteen miles north-north-weft 
of Thorn. Lat. 53. 20. N. Ion. 35. 50. E. Ferro. 
CULM,/. The fmall coal or refufe of the collieries, 
produced by digging coals. See Coal, vol. iv. p. 709. 
CULM,/, [culmus, aftraw.] In botany, the ftulk or 
Item of corn and grades; ufually jointed and hollow; 
fupporting both the leaves and frudlification. The word 
Jlrazv being commonly appropriated to the dry ftalk of 
corn, profefTor Martyn prefers ufing the Latin culm. 
CULMA'IN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Bavaria and Upper Palatinate : fourteen miles eaft of 
Bayreuth. 
CULM'BACH (Marquifate of), a principality and 
country of Germany, in the circle of Franconia, bounded 
on the north by the bifhopric of Bamberg and the county 
of Reufs, on the eaft by the Vogtland and Bohemia, on 
the fouth by the Upper Palatinate, and on the weft by 
the bifhoprick of Bamberg. It is compofed of moun¬ 
tains and plains ; the foil is in fome places rich and 
deep, in others fandy and ftony, but generally fertile, 
becaufe well cultivated. Among the mountains is one 
called Fichtelberg, or Mountain of Pines, from the number 
of thofe trees which grow on it, fuppofed to be one of 
the higheft in Germany. There are mines of vitriol, 
alum, fulphur, antimony, copper, iron, and lead : with 
quarries of (late and marble ; corn, hemp, and flax, 
abound; nothing is wanting but wine.^The greater part 
of the inhabitants are Lutherans. The principality'con- 
tains fifty-four towns; the principal of which are, Bay¬ 
reuth, Culmbaeh, and HofF. The principal rivers are 
the Main, the Nabe, the Eger, the Saale, and the Preg- 
nitz. The principality pays 329 florins for the Roman 
month, and to the chamber of Wetzlar 338, rix-dollars 
fourteen kreutzers. The revenues, managed with eco¬ 
nomy, may amount to a million of florins. The military 
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eftablifhment confifts of two regiments of infantry, a 
troop of horfe-guards, and a fmall corps of huflars, be- 
fides fifty-five companies of militia. It is not unfrequently 
called The Principality of Bayreuth, from that city. 
CULM'BACH, a town of Qermany, in the circle of 
Franconia, and fecond town of the principality to which 
it gives name ; fituated on the Main : fifteen miles north- 
north-weft of Bayreuth, and twenty-five north-eaft of 
Bamberg. Lat. 50. 5. N. Ion. 29. 10. E. Ferro. 
CUL'MENSEE, or Chelmsa, a town of Pruflia, in 
the territory of Culm, built in the year 1251 : twelve 
miles fouth-eaft of Culm. 
CULMI'FEROUS, adj. [culmus and/ to, Lat.] Culmi- 
ferous plants are fitch as have a fmooth jointed ftalk, and 
ufually hollow ; and at each joint the ftalk is wrapped 
about with fingle, narrow long, fliarp-pointed, leaves, 
and their feeds are contained in chaffy hulks. Quincy .— 
The propereft food of the vegetable kingdom is taken 
from the farinaceous or mealy feeds of fome culmiferous 
plants; as oats, barley, wheat, rice, rye, maize, panic, 
millet. Arbuthnot. 
To CUL'MINATE, v. n. [culmen , Lat.] To be verti¬ 
cal ; to be in the meridian : 
Far and wide his eye commands: 
For fight no obftacle found here, or lliade, 
But all fun-fhine ; as when his beams at noon 
Culminate from th’ equator. Milton . 
CULMINATION,/ The palfage of a ftar or planet 
over the meridian ; or that point of its orbit which it is 
in at its greateft altitude. Hence a ftar is faid to culmi¬ 
nate, when it palfes the meridian. To find the time of a 
liar’s culminating, eftimate the time nearly ; and find the 
right afeenfion both of the fun and ftar corrected for this 
eftimated time : then the difference between thefe right 
afcenlions, converted into folar time at the rate of fifteen 
degrees to the hour, gives the time of fouthing. An ex¬ 
ample of this culmination is annually given in White’s 
Ephemeris. 
CULMI'NIvE,/. [from culmen, the top.] In botany, 
the twenty-fixth order in Linnaeus’s Fragments of a Na¬ 
tural Method. 
CUL'MITZSCH, a town of Germany, in the circle of . 
Upper Saxony, and territory of Neuftadt: feven miles 
eaft of Weyda. 
CULPABI'LITY,/ Blameablenefs. 
CUL'PABLE, adj. [cu/pabi/is, Lat.] Criminal; 
Proceed no ftraiter ’gainft our uncle Glo’fter, 
Than from true evidence of good efleem 
He be approv’d in practice culpable. Shakcfpcare. 
Guilty: with of. —Thefe being perhaps culpable of this 
crime, or favourers of their friends. Spenfer .—Blameable ; 
blameworthy.—The wifdom of God fetteth before us in 
feripture fo many admirable patterns of virtue, and no 
one of them without fomewhat noted wherein they were 
culpable ; to the end that to Him alone it might always be 
acknowledged, Thou only art holy, Thou only art jujl. Hooker. 
CUL'PABLENESS,/. Blame; guilt. 
CUL'PABLY, adv. Blameably; criminally-If we 
perform this duty pitifully and culpably, it is not to be 
expected we lhould communicate holily. Taylor. 
CUL'PEPER, a county of the American States, in 
Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and the Tide-waters, 
which contains 22,105 inhabitants. The court-houfe of 
this county is forty-five miles from Frederieklburg, and 
ninety-five from Charlottefville. 
CUL'PRIT,/. [About the derivation of this w T ord 
there has been much dilpute. When a priloner is brought 
to the bar, inquiry is made of him whether he pleads 
guilty, or not guilty. On his anfwering,Not guilty, the clerk 
of the arraigns fays, (or formerly did fiiy,) “ Quil paroit, 
let it appear fo.” Hence arofe, from the found of thefe 
French words, the vulgar practice of calling a prifoner a 
culprit; it was railtaken by the crowd for the legal deno- 
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