culver tail (kulvertal)

[ For zif thou comest age in Concience thou cumbrest thi- seluen, And so witne eth godes word and holiwrit bot he. Piers Plowman (A), x. 91. Domestic fury, and fierce civil strife, Shall cumber all the parts of Italy. Shak ., J. C., iii. 1. cumber (kum'ber), n. [This noun, though later than the verb in E., and derived from it, is in the other tongues the orig. of the verb. Formerly also written comber; OF, combre, an obstruction of stakes, etc., in a river to catch cumber Thus fade thy helps, and thus thy cumbers spring. Fairfax , tr. of Ta o, ii. 73. The stooles & other comber are remov'd when ye a em- Evelyn , Diary, March 1, 1644. bly rises. 2. Embarra ment; disturbance; distre ; trou- ble. [Archaic.] Fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumber , Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! [ cum Bird of the wilderne , Blithesome and cumberle . Hogg , The Skylark. IMG:content-1797.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The state of being cumbered, overburdened, cuminol (kum'i-nol), n. [ Colde care and cumbraunce is come to ous alle. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 278. oleum.] A colorle oil (C10H12O), cumin (or cumyl) aldehyde, obtained from the seeds of cumin. It has an agreeable odor and a burning taste, is lighter than water, and boils at a temperature of 430° F. cumlingt, n. Same as comeling. Hir robe that she was in clad was so grete that for com braunce she myght not a-rise. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 298. cumlylt, a. An obsolete spelling of comely . Cum brian (kum'bri-an), a. [ Cumbria , Latincumly2, n. See cumbly. ized name of Cumber land .] Of or pertaining to the early medieval British principality or kingdom of Cumbria or Strathclyde, or to Cumber land, a northern county of England, which constituted a part of it. cumbrous (kum'brus), a. [ comerous ; cumber , n., + -ous.] 1. Burdensome; hindering or obstructing; rendering action difficult or toilsome; clogging; cumbersome.