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Show L CU'BIT. n.[. [from cubitus, Latin. meafure in ufe among the ancients which was originally the diftance fro the elbow, bending inwards, to th - proportioned man's ftatare Cuv'ckorLpom u. /. [from cuckold. 1. The a&t of adultery Some fi meafure an other eighteen The Jews ufe and the profane o Cu'srraL. adj. [cubitalis, Latin.] Con- | taining only the length of a cubit The watchmen of Tyre might well be calle pygmies, the towers of that city being fo high that unto men below they appeared in a cubita i which S 'L.'fity'de;)'; Cucurbitaceous plants. are thofe which' wp ~a gourd 3 fuch as the pumpipn Mfi?fléfi‘fif‘? sermb March proudly to the river's fide Hudibras remarkabl for th I fhould venture purgatory for:t Shakefpeare's Ocbello. There have heen Or T am much deceiv'd, cuckol/ds ere now And many a man there is, ev'n at this prefent Now while I fpeak this, holds his wife by th" arm For though the law makes null th' adulterer' dee Yo Of lands to her, the cucko/d may fucceeds Dryden's|Fuvinal fince the reign of king Charles 1I. th is made a cuckold, the deluded virgin i debauched, and adultery and fornication are ¢ommitted behind the fcenes Sawift ‘¥ Cu'cxoLD. . a " 2. To corrupta man's wife ; to bring upo a man the reproach of ‘having' an'adul terous wife 5 to rob a man of his wife' fidelity £3 1t thou canft cucko/d him, thou do'ft thyfelf Shakefpeare's Otbello . To wrong a hufband by unchattity ~¥or that's o cuckold thee before thy face Dryden's Fuvenal Cu'crorLpLy. adj. {from cuckold.]* Hay. ing the qualities of a'cuckold ; poor ‘mean 5 cowardly ; fneaking cuckoldly knave I kno wrong bim to call him poor hi not yet they fay the jealou knave hath maffes of money Shakefpeare's Mirry Wives of Windfor fulphur be ngfimbcflffl:: ) <1 g w 1. 345 ,, M‘Wbfltr‘ CUD. . /. [cud, Saxon.] That food whic is repofited in' the firft flomach in orde to rumination, or to be chewed again Man times, whe m mafter's cattle cam hither to chew theirex in this frefh place,I thigh " vo but a-foot; he will not budge a foot A ls‘ -Cu'poeni Y . /. [without etymold‘yj "clown 5 a ‘ftupid ru it ick ; -Culppy low. dolt? a Jow bad word -+.The flavering cudden, propp'd upon his flaff , Stood ready-gaping withra grinning laugh. Dryde Shakefpeare.| || Zo0 Cu/DDLE @. ns [ low word, I be- . Yieve; without etymology.] Tolic'clofe fiosen 0 3 od's 1 to fquat. ! ou mark'd a'partridge quake Have Thorfon . Viewing the tow'ring falcon nigh? She cuddles low behind the brake Nor would the ffayy nor dares the fly,. Prik EL CUD 7 #./ [kudfe, Dutch.* to ftrike with, lighter than - ! club, dhorter than aipole. .. - Shakefpeare's Henry IV | 1. A ftic Cu'cK00-BUD e, fo [cardaminus Vine twigs, while they are green, ate brittle; ye the woed, dried, is: xtremeé tough ; and was ufe armies, amongit the Romans, fo of ain ., by thelcap Cu"ck00-FLOWER, § . -Juat.] The nam of a flower When daizies pied, and violets blue i And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue . i Do paint the meadows much bedight. Shakefpeare - good cudgel, the difference betwixt the one playfel THiS*knbtty cwdgel on histougher backs D;:y_d;n',y jflg{('!flf more wary in the ufe of the rod and tbef_"égil'l ) ex b QL o A They: are diffetently cucullared; and' capuched upon the head and back. Brown's Vulgar Eyrosirs Cu'CcUMBER #./. [cucumis; Latin. 9l I GRS The- wife Cornelius was convinced, that thefe _being polemical arts, could no more be learne alone"than fencing or cudgel-playing cowl This, if well reflected.on, would make peopl Cu'currare Qadj. [cucullatys, hooded Cu'curnATep. § Latin. hood L x Vulgar Errours z. Having the refemblance or fhape of " His, furly ofiiger‘fle?e:,fail'gl_ to] f:ra:ck; oblervable with'us about the latter end of May a hoo LEfirang low and the other or exudation, or both, found.upon plants; €fpecially about the joints ‘of lavender and rofemary as.wit .. Hudibras . ‘The als was quickly given to underftand, with clean.sh data import.tsv out README Cuckoo-[piitle, or woodfeare, is that fpumous de Brewn' Lo.not provoke the rage of flones" And cudgels to thy hideand bones: Tremble and vanith Cu'cko00-sPITTLE. 7.[o [cuchod and Jpiz‘#le. e . Bacon their cudgels Nettles, cuckoozflozvers Darnel, and all the idle weeds Shak. King Lear A ‘butbnat_qr;d Pape 2. T4 crofsthe CuDGELS,is to forbear th e d c o c t a p h _ o f , f t o | " hfi.'QEh@%i - fi " playerto lay on.ie a_s‘,c\~i ‘~ :.»‘ i 2y 'il w T and T then eithPher:wl to crofs1y th ‘"The | ‘bef d at'firft ten ! co name of a plant, and alfo of the fruit of cndgels, ‘ot to be bafiied inthe conclufion, L Ejpr 7o Cu'pGEL: @, a. [from the noun. L It hath a flower confiffing of one fingle leaf, bell ‘.. 'To beat with'a ffick that plant B and thaped, and expanded towaid the top, and cutint Cu'ckOLDMAKER. #. [. [ cuclold an many fegments; of which fome are male, or bar.make. One that makes a practice of |i ren, having no embryo, but,only a large ftyle/i M I0T S corrupting wives the middle; charged with the farina : others ar 1f1 fpared any that bagd a head to! hity! eithe yello carbite: glafs, ; upon which pour th ftrongef ‘Why, what a rafcal art thoy, thén, to praife him fo for running ! -- A-horfeback, ye cuckoo';- 1. Hooded ; covered Lét commo cov<aB skIIGH {fee the'young bull teftify his loye "The fymphony of fpring'; and totch2 theme m Unknown to f , th paffién ‘of ‘the grove That little thinks fhe has been fluic'd in s abfence Shakefpeare o) sidid "1' You range ‘the pathlefs #noiod, Stodt auel { s Wihileson a flow'ry bank he'cheéws the eud. Dryd 2. It is a name of contempt Selew Sortise . Sidpey I deduceyy From the firft note the hollow cuckop fings, - But for all the whole world; why, who* Would But fuffer not thy wife abroad to roam Nor frut in firects with amazonian pace 'This bird i uniformity, of hi fright one whofe wife is falfe to his bed P‘;ca_fure, and me a fport Whofe note full many a nian deth mark And dares not anfwer, nayel0 < i1 Shakefpeare. Take heed, have open eye; for thieves do:foot Sloitiasen Teni by night Take heed ere, fummer comes,. or czckoo birds af- CUCKOLD. #. /. [coc, Fr. from coutao. One that is married to an adulterefs ; her hulband a cucki/d, to make hi applied to the hufband d g0 bus ¢k The plain fongicitkoo gray, *. Cowell Which moderns call a cucking-ftool .D ws zaroi proach of an adulterer, by calling éuc- koo5 which, by miftake, was in tim The merry cuckoo, meflenger ,qf‘fp'ri_ng‘, FR His trumpet {hrill hath thrice'alréady founded Thefe m>unted on a chair-curule alone with Pamela, T came in ancient times was called tumbrel Poo CUCURBITA'CEOUS. 4, [from 52 bita, Latin} a gourd. i Snai Finding Mopfa, like a cuckoo by 2 nightingale, Cu'ckINGsTOOL. 2. /- An engine invented for the punifhment of {colds and un Eve "alderman .M'Ofl With crooked bodies and with bellfes dge'p" note, from which his name in mof tongues feems to have been formed Brown's Vulgar Erroyrs ftature monaich A P Scarce feem'd her ftature of a ruéit height. . Pope not mak Go 3 1073 L \ s Y CUCKOO. #. f. [ chculus, Lat." cawecaw, i CU'CURBITE u / [oucurbit g:gi:" Welth ;"cocu, French; cokkocky Dutch.] chymical veffel, ‘commonly calleq . A bird which appears in'the fpring earth ot glafs, in the , and is faid to fuck the eggs of othe " Milton , and therefore ca] led cu:tur birds an la her-ow t b hatche i two forts of cubits; the facred, | b t A thei plac fro whic practice i wa common one T have, for curiofity's fake, diftilled qé%f:g;? sfual to alarm a hufband, at the ap-| ina_cucurbite; fitted with a capaciou gla Arbuthnot on Meafures s hm ‘When on the goddefs firft I caft my fight quiet women How cucumbers along the furfacecreen Itis a true faying, that the 1a% man of ‘th parith that knows of hiscuckoldom, is himfelf. - Arbutbot's Fobn Bull LLOR From the tip of the elbow to-the end of the long finger, is half a yard, and a quarter of the ftature; and makes a cubiz, the firft meafure we read of; the ark of Noah being framed and meafured by cabits. - Holder on Fime. Meafur'd by cubit, length, and breadth, an The fpecies-are; 1, Theacfmmyfib y cucumber 2. 'Tihe {tate ofiatchickolds s & a Galmet height ~cumbefy 12« The white cucumber, 4 'r'};slch Tur Ske is thinking on nothing but her colonel; an confpiring cuckoldom againft me. Dryd. Spanifb Fr cudit at twenty inches an Pari long feeds. One Hernande, cucko/dmaker, of this city, contri'\{cd to fteal her away, - Dryden's Spanifb Friar female, oy fruitful, being faflenced to an embryo 1 My lpra) he dedks oft vilely of you, like a-- half d1v1ded into three or fo‘hr'Cell‘s, i'rfcl‘ofifi Shake[peare's Henry VIIL foul-mouthed, manyas fe isj and fafdhe "'}‘i," 'lf?‘vt;'%li{ You. o 4t vavaed 5ox~5‘é¢#=6fifi"? . "IaYeafs Courting 15 mafter, juft as the fpani ! had done, inftéad of being ftroked and mad&m": G chaniged into ; flefhy ¢ a the moft part oblong and tu}binaulgy fgifi' ‘f? young or old, he or the, cuckold, or cuck/dmaker let me never hope to fee ‘a chine again extremity of the middle finger. 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