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Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.

Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.

Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. London Spectator.

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

Under culture; cultivated. "Cultured vales." Shenstone.

A cultivator.

A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.] Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser. Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella…

To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.

Of or pertaining to the papal curia; as, the curial etiquette of the Vatican. -- n.

through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.

Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon.

A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]

ous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavaties or in the substance of an organ.

e order Compositæ; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.

A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

ourse as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the aid of celestial observations. -- Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. -- Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. -- Dead-Sea apple. Se…