Cudweed

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 117
kud'wM, n. the popular name for many species of plants covered with a cottony down. [Probably corrupted from cotton-weed Cue, ku, «. a queue, or tail-like twist of hair formerly worn at the back of the head a rod used playing billiards the last words of an actor’s sjieech serving as a hint to the next speaker any hint the part one has to play. [Fr. queue L. cauda a tail Cuff, kuf, a stroke with the open hand.— v.t. to strike with the open hand [From a Scan, root seen in Sw. k/efia, to knock Cuff, kuf, n the end of the sleeve near the wrist a covering for the wrist. [Prob, cog. with Coif.] Cuira , kwi-ras' or kwe'-, n a defensive covering foi the breast orig made of leather, afterwards of non fastened with straps and buckles, . (Fr wra e— Low L comtia—L. conurn, skin, leather; whence Fr. cmr [cuira . Cuira ier, kwi-ras-er', n a soldier armed with a
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