cumin, cummin (kumin)

[Early mod. E. reg. cummin, = D. komijn = MLG. komen , ka cymen, cymin men, komin, kam in, kämen = OHG. chum in, min, cu min, also chumil, MHG. kümel, G. kümmel (OHG. also chum i, cum i, also chumich, cumich, MHG. kumich, kümich, G. dial. kümmich ) = Sw. kum min = Dan. kummen, cumin, caraway, = OF. com in, cumin, F. cumin = Sp. Pg. comino = It. comino, cumino = ORu . kjumină, Ru . kim i nŭ, kmină, tmină = Serv. komin = Bohem. Pol. kmin = Lith. kminai = Albanian kjimino = Hung. kömeny, Nowe comyn and aneyse is fatte ysowe In dounged lande and weeded wel to growe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 86. 2. The fruit of this plant, commonly called cum in-seed. This fruit is agreeably aromatic, and, like that of caraway, dill, anise, etc., po e es well-marked stimulating and carminative properties. It is used in India as a condiment and as a constituent of curry-powder. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. Mat. xxiii. 23. 3. A name of several plants of other genera.Black cumin, the pungent seeds of Nigella sativa.-E ence of cumin, a substance obtained from cumin-seeds. It contains cuminol and cymene, a hydrocarbon (C10H14) and a terpene (C10H16).- Oil of cumin, an oxygenated e ential oil obtained from the seeds of cumin. See cum inol. Sweet cumin, the anise, Pimp in ell a Anisuт. Wild cumin, the Lagæcia cuminoides, a low umbelliferous plant of southeastern Europe. [L. cumulan ( t- ) s , ppr. of cumulare, heap up: see cumulate.] The denominator of the simple algebraical fraction which expre es the value of a simple continued fraction. Same as continuant. cumulate (kū'mū-lāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. сити lated, ppr. cumulating. [ A man that beholds the mighty shoals of shells bedded and cumulated heap upon heap among earth will scarcely conceive which way these could ever live. Woodward. All the extremes of worth and beauty that were cumu lated in Camilla. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, iv. 6. 2. In Louisiana law, to combine in a single action: applied to actions or causes of action. cumulation (kū-mū-lā'shon), n. [F. cumula tion = Sp. cumulacion = Pg. cumulação = It. cumulazione,