tcunabula

[Lat. pl.=(1) a cradle, (2) extremely convenient, he divided the arrow-headed writing known to him into three cla es-Babylonian, Median, and Persian. The first of these, which he also called Complicated Cuneiform, he further sub-divided into Primitive Babylonian, Achæmenian Babylonian, Mædo-A yrian, A yrian, and Elymean. ( Journal of the Royal Asiatic Soci ety , vol. x., pp. 1-52.) In 1874 Mr. George Smith spoke of the fact that the cuneiform system of writing was the invention of a race having a Turanian language totally different from the A yrians and from the Semitic language of Transact. vol. iii. birth, origin.] Bibliog.: The existing copies of the first printed books; those dating in the generality of caried 3. Med .: Specially applied to drugs which remain in the system some time without showing signs of action, and, after an interval, exert their influence suddenly; is, or foxglove, being formerly considered a typical medicine of this kind, but since the days of Fother gill acquitted of the imputation, and rightly, too. (1) Cumulative legacy : [II. 1 (2).] (2) Cumulative remedy: Law : A second mode of procedure in addition to one already available. It is opposed to an alternative remedy, for in the latter case, though there are two remedies provided for other murchasen; both as in the former case, be enforced. (3) Cumulative vote: In stock companies : An arrangement which, when several candidates present themselves, enables an elector to accumulate his votes upon the one whom he prefers, instead of compelling him to bestow them singly on more candidates than one. This is feasible only in those organizations in which the stockholder has one vote for each share of stock held by him. cũ-mu-10, in compos. [Lat. cumul ( us )=a heap, and o connective.] cumulo-cirro-stratus, s. Meteorol.: The same as the Nimbus or Rain-cloud. cumulo-stratus, s. Meteorol.: A cloud intermediate between the cumulus and the stratus. It tends to spread, settle down into a nimbus, and descend in rain. cu-mu-lōse, a . [Formed as if from a Lat. cumulosus , from cumulus a heap.] Full of heaps. cu-mu-lus (pl. cumuli), s. [Lat.=a heap, a pile.] 1. Meteorol.: One of the simplest forms of clouds. It consists of round ma es like bales of wool or mountains heaped on mountains. It is more frequent in summer than in winter. In the former season they may often be seen in the morning, their tendency, however, being to become reduced in bulk or even vanish altogether before evening. If, on the other hand, they increase in number, espe cially if they become surmounted by cirrus clouds, rain or storm may be expected. ( Ganot .) 2. Anat .: The name given by Von Baer to the