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A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.

A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). - - Cu"bist (#), n.

The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle.

Having the measure of a cubit.

Having no cubs. Byron.

Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron.

A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.

Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.)

Cuboid.

The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

A crossbow. Fosbroke.

A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden.

See Arquebus. [Obs.]

The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.

The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Of or pertaining to concubinage.

Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.