kumbecephalIc

[Greek kumbe a boat, and kephale =the head.] Anthrop.: Boat-shaped. A term proposed by Dr. D. Wilson to denote the peculiar conformation of skulls found in chambered barrows. The kumbecephalic skull is a variety of the dolicocephalic; "the more obvious features being exce ive elongation, flattening of the parietal bones, and squarene of the base; producing, when viewed from be Kumbecephalic Skull. hind, a laterally-compre ed appearance, which is enhanced by the sagittal suture being sometimes elevated into a ridge." (Bateman: Ten Years ' Diggings , & c ., p. 146.) "I suggested the name kumbecephalic, or boat shaped, a name subsequently adopted by other craniol. ogists for this type of skull." - D. Wilson: Prehistoric Annals of Scotland , i. 236. *kum-bix, s. [ Gr.kimbir .] A miser, a niggard. (P. Holland: Plutarch , p. 665.) kûm-bŭk, s. [Various Indian languages.] Bot .: Terminal i a to mentos a (Wright & Arnott); Pent apter a to mentos a ( Roxburgh ). A large Indian tree. The bark is used for tanning black. It im parts the characteristic red color to native leather, and, if cut up into small pieces and boiled for six hours, gives a brown dye. Along with the bark of Mimusops elengi , it is used to produce a red dye in jute. It affords a black one with iron. The wood is much used on account of its toughne for making shafts to gigs. ( Calcutta Exhibition Report , .) kû-mi , kûm-ŷ , koû-mi , kû-mish, s. [Ru ian.] fermented and distilled. 1. A liquid made by the Tartars from mare's milk 2. An invigorating beverage, consisting of carbonated or fermented cow's milk. ( U. S.)