Curve

kerv, a. Bent without angles; crooked; — n. A bending without angles; thing bent; a flexure. (Geom.) A line of which no three consecutive points are in the same straight line.— Curve. v. t. [curved (kervd), curving.] To bend, inflect. — v. i. To bend. — Curv'ature, -sY, n. Continual flexure of a line or surface from a recti a. linear direction. — Curvilin/-eal, -ear, -e-ar, a. Conexsisting of, or bounded by, curve lines. — Cur'vet. learn; 74. A leap of a horse; a prank; frolic. — v. i. To in make a curvet; to frisk. — v. t. To cause to, etc. — Cur- Cushion, kush'un, n. A stuffed bag, to sit or recline being, upon; any stuffed or padded surface, —v. t. [cushinvestiioned (-und), -ioning.] To seat on, or furnish with, etc. reward Cusp, kusp, n. (Arch.) A projecting point in the or- [F.] nam ent at i on of arches, panels, etc.; a pendant of a pointed arch. (Astrol.) First entrance of any house and in the calculations of nativities, etc. (Astron.) The point or horn of the crescent. (Math.) The point To twist at which two curves or branches of the same curve curls; meet. — Cuspid, n. (Anat.) One of the canine or — v. i. eye teeth: see Tooth. —Cuspidal, a. Ending in a curves, point. — Cuspidate, -dated, a. (Bot.) Having a of hair; sharp end, like a spear-point.