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To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." Dryden.

To cuckold. Dryden.

A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

s, to cuil flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

ble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight Dryden. Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40. Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground Luke xiii. 7. The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. Locke.…

up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions. -- Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping. -- To be in one's cups, to be drunk.

a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. -- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. -- Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument…

k. All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden.

n as food, especially when made into cheese. Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. Dryden.

To congeal or thicken. My chill blood is curdled in my veins. Dryden.

l; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure. Dryden. The proper cure of such prejudices. Bp. Hurd.

ble of cure; incurable. With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden.

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

r undulations; to ripple. Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves. Dryden.

abominable. Let us fly this cursed place. Milton. This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.

r recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.

k abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] -- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Coll…

achine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers. -- Cylinder escapement. See Escapement. -- Cylinder glass. See Glass. -- Cylinder mill. See Roller mill. -- Cylinder press. See Press.

A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar. Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.