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(Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.

Copper.

Having or bearing cupeles; cupuliferous.

A cuplet or little cup, as the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.

the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.

The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.

A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

See Acupuncture.

To treat with acupuncture.

Birdcatching; fowling. [Obs.] Blount.

particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concupiscent. [Obs.]

Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.

The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]

Concupiscence.

were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.