cucking stool (kukingstol)

[ IMG:content-1769.jpg:[blocks in formation] crow; also found in older Teut. form (OHG. MHG. gouch , G. gauch = AS. geác = Icel. gaukr , or a defaulting brewer or baker, was placed, to be hooted at or pelted by the mob. The cucking- stool has been frequently confounded with the ducking- > E. gowk , a cuckoo: see gowk ) and in many I should have beene worthy the cucking - stoole ere this Marston and Barksted , Insatiate Counte , ii. These, mounted in a chair-curule, Which moderns call a cucking - stool , March proudly to the river side. If thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. But suffer not thy wife abroad to roam, Nor strut in streets with Amazonian pace; For that's to cuckold thee before thy face. cuckoldize (kuk'ōl-dīz), v . t.; pret. and pp. cuckoldized, ppr. cuckoldizing . [ cuckold1 + -ize.] To make a cuckold. Can dry bones live? or skeletons produce The vital warmth of cuckoldizing juice? other tongues, in various forms of the type ku- ku , being a direct imitation of the characteristic cry of the bird. A similar imitation occurs also in coo , cook2 , cock1 , caw , etc. (see these words). The forms, being imitative, do not conform close- ly to the rules of historical development. In ear- ly superstitions the cuckoo was regarded as of evil omen, and enters into various imprecations and proverbs as an embodiment of the devil. It was also a term of reproach or contempt equivalent to fool (cf. gowk , in similar use), and with reference to its habit of laying its eggs in IMG:content-1770.png:[blocks in formation] cuckoo-fly (kük'ö-fli), n. 1. A name of sundry parasitic hymenopterous insects, as the Chrysis ignita , of the family Chrysidida .-2. pl . A gen- eral name of the pupivorous ichneumon-flies, the females of which deposit their eggs in the larvæ or pupe of other insects. cuckoo-gra (kük'ö-grás), n. rush, Luzula campestris , flowering at the time of the cuckoo's song. lusion in early literature: see cuckold1 .] 1. A bird of the family Cuculidæ , and especially of the subfamily Cuculina or genus Cuculus : so called from its characteristic note. The common cuckoo of Europe is Cuculus can or us , about 14 inches long, with zygodactyl feet, broad rounded tail, curved bill, and ashy plumage varied with black and white. It is notorious for its parasitism, having the habit common to many birds of the family of depositing its eggs in the nests of other birds, chiefly smaller than itself, and caus- ing its young to be reared by the foster-parents-a con- dition generally entailing the destruction of their own progeny the remarkable cries which have given the bird imitative names in many languages are the love-notes, uttered only during the mating season. The species of cuckoos are very numerous, and are found in most parts of the world; they are not all parasitic. There are several subfamilies of Cuculidæ , and many genera. (See Cuculide.) The American or tree-cuckoos are arbor i cole, not parasitic, and are confined to America; they are also called hook-billed cuckoos, a term not of special pert i- nence. The ground-cuckoos are American birds of terres- trial habits. The crested cuckoos are old-world forms, as are also the coucals, lark-heeled or spur-heeled cuckoos, also called pheasant-cuckoos. 2. A simpleton; a fool: used in jest or con- tempt, like the ultimately related gowk . Prince. Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running! Falstaff . A' horseback, ye cuckoo ! but afoot, he will not budge a foot. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. cuckoo-ale (kük'ö-āl), n. A provision of ale or strong beer formerly drunk in the spring of the year. The signal for broaching it seems to have of the cuckoo. cuckoo-bee (kük'- ö-bē), n. A bee of the family Api- dæ , and of a group variously called Cuculina or No- mad a , represent- ed by the genus Nomada . The cuck- oo-bees are richly colored, and make no nest, depositing their eggs in the nests of other bees, whence their name. The larvæ on emerging devour the food des tined for the proper occupants of the nest, which often Cuckoo-bee ( Calioxys texana ). (Cro shows natural size.) D. koekoek = North Fries. kukuut = OLG. cис- cuc , MLG. kuckuck , kukuk , LG. kuckuck , kukuk = MHG. cukuk , also gukuk , gukuck , gukguk , gug- guk , G. kuckuck , kuckuk , guckguck , usually ku- kuk , = Dan. kukker = Sw. kuku (the Teut. forms being partly conformed to the L. and Rom.); = OF. coucou , cocu , F. coucou = Pr. cogul (cf. co- cuc, the cuckoo's cry) = Sp. cuco , also dim. cu- clillo , Pg. cuco = It. cucco , also cucolo , cuculo , cucuglio , coccolo , cucus , L. only in dim. form cuculus , a cuckoo (cf. L. cucus , a daw); = Gr. κόκκυξ (see coccyx ), MGr. κούκος , NGr. κούκο ; = W. cwcw , also cog , = Gael. Ir. cuach , also cubhag ; = OBulg. kukavitsa = Serv. kukavitsa , = Bohem. kukachka = Pol. kukulka = Ru . ku- kushka Albanian kukatvitse (cf. Ru . kukovati , cry as a cuckoo, kukati , murmur, = Bohem. cuckoo-fish (kük'ö-fish), n. 1. A Cornish name Serv. kukati = Lith. kaukti IMG:content-1771.jpg:[graphic][merged small] cuckqueant (kuk'kwēn), n. [Also written cuc- quean, cuckqueane ; cuck ( old ) + quean ; prob. as a modification of cotquean .] A woman whose husband is false to her: correlative to cuckold . Celia shall be no cuckqueane , my heire no begger. Marston, What you Will, iii. 1. Quarles, Emblems, i. 5. (kuk'stöl), n. [ cuckestoole , IMG:content-1772.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1773.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1774.jpg:[blocks in formation] the head like or likened to a hood. Cuculoideæ (kū-kū-loi'dē-ē), n . pl . [NL., Cuculus + -oidea .] The Cuculidæ and Muso- phagida , or cuckoos and touraco us, combined to constitute a superfamily. Cuculoides (kū-ku-loi'dēz), n. pl. [NL., cuculus , cuckoo, + Gr. εἶδος , form.] In Blyth's system (1849), a superfamily of his Zygodactyl i , in which the Lep to soma tid a and Bucconide are united with the Cuculidæ proper. Cuculus (kū'kū-lus), n. [NL., cuculus , a cuckoo: see cuckoo.] The typical genus of the family Cuculida , formerly more compre- hensive than the family as at present const i- tuted, but now restricted to forms congeneric with Cuculus can or us, the type of the genus. See cut under cuckoo . cucumber (kū'kum-bėr), n. [E. dial. cow cumber , formerly in good literary use, being the proper mod. representative of the ME. form ( cucumber , being a reversion to the L. form); cumber , cucumer , cocumber = OF. cocombre , F. concombre= Pr. cogombre = Sp. cohombro = It. cocomero, cucumer , L. cucumis ( cucumer- ), a cucumber.] 1. A common running garden- plant, Cucumis sativus . It is a native of southern Asia, but has been cultivated from the earliest times in all civilized countries. See Cucumis . Lete stepe, and save of evry my e [mishap] thai are. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 36. 2. The long, fleshy fruit of this plant, eaten as a cooling salad when green, and also used for pickling. (See gherkin ). The stem-end is usu- ally very bitter, as is the whole fruit in some un- cultivated varieties. We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers , and the melons. Num. xi. 5. 3. A common name of various plants of other genera.- Bitter cucumber, the colocynth, Citrullus Colocynth is. Cool as a cucumber, very cool; figura- tively, collected; entirely self-po e ed. When the wife of the great So crates threw a... tea- pot at his erudite head he was as cool as a cucumber . Creeping cucumber, Melothria pendula , a delicate low cucurbitaceous climber of the southern United States, bearing oval green berries. - Cucumber-oil, a drying-oil obtained from the seeds of the pumpkin, squash, melon, etc. Indian cucumber. See cucumber -root. One- seeded or star cucumber, the common name in the United States of the Sicyos angulatus , a climbing cucurbi- taceous annual, bearing clusters of dry, ovate, prickly, common muskmelon with very long fruit. - Snake-cu cumber, the Trichosanthes Anguina , a tall cucurbit a- ceo us climber of the East Indies, with ornamental fimbri- ate-petaled flowers and a snake-like fruit, 3 or 4 feet long, thenised when ripe. Squirting or wild cucumber, cucumber .) cucumber-root (kūkum-bėr-röt), n. A lilia- ceo us plant of the United States, Medeola Vir- ginica , allied to Trillium , having two whorls of leaves on the slender stem, and an umbel of re- curved flowers. The tuberous rootstock has the taste of the cucumber, whence the common name of Indian cu- cumber. It has been used as a remedy for dropsy. cucumber-tree (kū'kum-bér-trē), n. 1. The common name in the United States for several species of Magnolia , especially M. a cum in at a and M. cordata , from the shape and size of the fruit. The long-leafed cucumber-tree is M. Fraser i ; the large-leafed, M. macrophylla .-2. The bilimbi, Averrhoa Bilimbi , of the East In- dies. See Averrhoa. cucumiform (kūku - mi - fôrm), a. [L. cu- cum is, a cucumber, + form a , shape.] Shaped like a cucumber; cylindrical and tapering to- ward the ends, and either straight or curved. Cucumis (kū kū-mis), n. [NL., cucumis , a cucumber: see cucumber .] A genus of plants, natural order Cucurbit aceæ , containing about 25 species, natives of warm regions. They are running over the ground or climbing. They have yellow flowers, and a round or roundish, cylindrical, or angular fleshy fruit. The most widely known species are C. sativus , the cucumber, and C. Melo , which yields all the different varieties of the muskmelon. The fruits of some of the species have a very bitter taste and are reputed to be pur- gative. cucupha (kūʼkū-fa), n . A sort of coif or cap, with a double bottom inclosing a mixture of aromatic powders, having cotton for an excipi- ent. It was formerly used as a powerful cepha- lic. Dunglison . IMG:content-1775.png:[graphic] cucurbite,indle See cucurbit1. Cucurbiteæ (kū-kėr-bit'e-ē), n . pl . [NL., Cu- curbita + -eæ.] A tribe of Cucurbit ace a . cucurbit in (ku-ker'bi-tin), n . [ Cucurbit a + -in2.] A doubtful alkaloid from the seeds of Cucurbit a Pepo . cucurbit in us (kū-kėr-bi-ti'nus), n.; pl. cucur- bitini (-nī). [NL., cucurbit in us , a., like a gourd, cucurbit a , a gourd: see gourd .] A joint or link of a tapeworm; a cestoid zoöid; a proglottis. Cudbear-plant ( Leca- nor a tartare a). cudden1t (kud'n), n. [Cf. cuddy1 .] A clown; a dolt; an idiot. The slavering cudden , propp'd upon his staff, Stood ready gaping with a grinning laugh. She [a partridge] cuddles low behind the Brake: Nor would she stay: nor dares she fly. IMG:content-1776.png:[blocks in formation] It costs more tricks and troubles by half, Than it takes to exhibit a six-legged calf To a boothful of country cuddies . cuddy2 (kud'i), n.; pl. cuddies (-iz). [Origin obscure. Cf. cubby 1.] 1. Naut ., a room or cabin abaft and under the poop-deck, in which the officers and cabin-pa engers take their meals; also, a sort of cabin or cook-room in lighters, barges, etc.; in small boats, a locker. [Obsolescent.] He threw himself in at the door of the cuddy . Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 40. Hence-2. Any small cupboard or storehouse for odds and ends. cuddy3 (kud'i), n.; pl. cuddies (-iz). [E. dial. (North.) and Sc. cuddie ; also written cudden , cuddin, cuth, and cooth , the coalfish; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn , Ir. cudainn , a small fish, sup- posed to be the young of the coalfish.] A name of the coalfish. cuddy4 (kud'i), n.; pl. cuddies (-iz). [E. dial., prob., like cuddy1 , a familiar use of the homely proper name Cuddy , abbr. of Cuthbert . Cf. E. dial. (Devon.) cuddian , a wren.] The gallinule, Gallinula chloropus . Montagu. [Local, British.] cuddy-legs (kud'i-legz), n. A local English name of a large herring. cudgel (kuj'el), n. [ kuggel , of Celtic origin; W. cogyl , a cudgel, club; orig. perhaps 'distaff'; cf. W. cogail , a truncheon, distaff, = Gael. cuaille , a club, cudgel, bludgeon, cuigeal , a distaff, Ir. cuaill , a pole, stake, staff, cuigeal , coigeal , a distaff; cf. Ir. cuach, a bottom of yarn, cuachog , a skein of thread. So E. distaff is named from the bunch of flax on the end.] A short thick stick used as a weapon; a club; specifically, a staff used in cudgel-play. Mid te holie rode steaue, thet him is lothest kuggel , leie on the deouel dogge. [With the staff of the holy rood, which is to him the hateful est cudgel, lay on the devil dog.] Ancren Riwle , p. 292. Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of by the blow. To cro the cudgels. See cro l . - To take up the cudgels, to engage in a contest or controversy (in self- defense or in behalf of another); accept the gage. The girl had been reading the "Life of Carlyle," and she took up the cudgels for the old curmudgeon, as King called him. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 96. cudgel (kuj'el), v. t .; pret. and pp. cudgeled or cudgelled , ppr. cudgeling or cudgelling . [ cud- gel, n.] To strike with a cudgel or club; beat, in general. If he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3. At length in a rage the forester grew, And cudgell'd bold Robin so sore. They were often lyable to a night-walking cudgeller . Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. cudgeling, cudgelling (kuj'el-ing), n. [Ver- bal n. of cudgel , v.] A beating with a cudgel. He must fight singly to-morrow with Hector; and is so prophetically proud of an heroical cudgelling that he raves in saying nothing. Shak., T. and C., iii. 3. Shak., M. N. D., iii. 1. When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. (b) In music, a fragment of some other part printed in small notes, at the end of a long rest or silence occurring in the part of a voice or an instrument, to a ist the singer or player in be- ginning promptly and correctly. Hence - 4. A hint; an intimation; a guiding suggestion. Such is the cue to which all Rome responds. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 319. 5. The part which one is to play; a course of action prescribed, or made nece ary by cir- cum stances. Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. Was ever before such a grinding out of jigs and waltzes, where nobody was in the cue to dance? Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xix. Dickens , Pickwick, xlix. cudgel-play (kuj'el-plā), n. 1. A contest with Cambridge they use this letter, a little s, cudgels. Near the dying of the day There will be a cudgel - play , Where a coxcomb will be broke, Ere a good word can be spoke. 2. The science or art of combat with cudgels. It includes the use of the quarter-staff, back-sword, shil- lalah, single-stick, and other similar weapons. See these words. cudgel-proof (kuj'el-pröf), a. Able to resist the blow of a cudgel; insensible to beating or not to be hurt by it. 2. Same as cudbear , 2.- Childing cudweed, Gna- phalium German i cum : so called from its throwing out a circle of shoots at the base, likened to a family of children. Golden cudweed, of Jamaica, the Pterocaulon virga- tum , a white tomentose herb resembling plants of the ge- nus Gnaphalium. (See also sea - cudweed .) cuel (kū), n . [Formerly also kue , and (in def. 3) qu ; also often as F., queue ; F.queue , coue , coe = Pr. coa = Sp. coda , now cola = Pg . cauda , coda = It. coda , coda , cauda , a tail: see cauda , caudal. Cf. coward , from the same ult. source.] 1. The tail; something hanging With rumps and kidneys, and cues of single beer. Beau , and Fl ., Wit at several Weapons, ii. 2. Cry at the buttery-hatch, Ho, Launce lot, a cue of bread, and a cue of beer! Middle ton , The Black Book. cue-balll (kuʼbål), n. In billiards and similar games, the ball struck by the cue, as dist in- guished from the other balls on the table. cue-ball2 (kū'bal), a. A corruption of skew- bald. [Prov. Eng.] cuerda (kwer'dä), n. [Sp., a measure of length (see def.), lit. a cord, = E. cord : see cord1 .] 1. The name of several different Spanish units of length. The cuerda of Castile was variously 8 and 84 varas, or 22 feet 7.3 inches and 23 feet 3.7 inches. The cuerda of Valencia was equal to 122 English feet. The cuerda of Buenos Ayres is 151 varas of Castile, or 140 yards 1 inch, English measure. 2. In the province of La Mancha in Spain, a measure of land, one half of the seed-ground for a fanega of corn. cuerpo (kwer'pō), n . see corpse .] The body. cuerpo In (or en) cuerpo, without a cloak or upper garment, or without the formalities of a full dre , so that the shape of the body is exposed; hence, figuratively, naked or unprotected. So they unmantled him of a new Plush Cloke, and my Secretary was content to go home quietly, and en cuerpo, Howell, Letters, I. i. 17. cuff 1 (kuf), v. [Appar. 1390 cuilleron (kwēʻlye-ron), n. [F., bowl of a spoon (= It. cucchiajone , a large spoon, a ladle), aug. of cuiller (= It. cucchiajo), m., also F. cuillère (= Sp. cuchara = It. cucchiaja), f., a spoon, L. cocleare, cochleare, a spoon: see cochleare, etc.] Same as alula , 2 ( b ). cuinage (kwin'āj), n. [An old form of coinage .] In Eng . mining , the making up of tin into pigs, etc., for carriage. cuira (kwē-ras' or kwē'ras), n. [Early mod. E. also cuira e, curace ; = MD. kuris , kuri e , Shak., T. N., iii. 4. D. kuras = MLG. kure er , kori er, koritz = Cuff him soundly, but never draw thy sword. 2. To buffet in any way. The budded peaks of the wood are bow'd, Caught and cuff'd by the gale. Tennyson, Maud, vi. II.t in trans. To fight; scuffle. The peers cuff to make the rabble sport. Dryden.