CRYPTOLEPIS-CRYPTOSPHÆRIA.

CRYPTOLEFIS, krip-to-le'pes, s. (krypto, I hide, and pi, a scale, Gr. in reference to the scales in the tabe of the corolla.) A genus of East Indian twining shrubs: Order, Apocynaces. CRYPTOLOGY, krip-tol'o-je, s. (krypto, and logos, a discourse, Gr.) Enigmatical language. CLIPTOLOPHA, krip-tol'o-fa, s. (krypto, and lophos, a crest, Gr.) A genus of birds belonging to the bfamily Muscicapinæ, or Fly-catchers. CRYPTOMERIA, krip-to-me're-a, s. (krypto, and ers, a portion, Gr.) A genus of Pine-trees: Order, Cupresseæ.

CRYPTOMYCETES, krip-to-mi'se-tes, 8. (krypto, and aybes, a mushroom, Gr.) A genus of small Fungi, Sand on willow branches: Tribe, Ascomycetes. CAPTONEMIA, krip-to-ne'me-a, 8. (krypto, and menin, a thread, Gr.) A genus of Sea-weeds: Order, Ceramaceæ.

CarPTONYX, krip'to-niks, s. (krypto, and onyx, a eisw, Gr.) A genus of birds of the Grouse or Partridge kind, so named from the hinder toe being without a claw. The head is conspicuously crested: Family, Tetraonidæ.

CRYPTOPETALUM, krip-to-peʼta-lum, 8. (krypto, and petalon, a petal, Gr. the petals being minute and enclosed in the calyx.) A genus of annual plants, natives of Chili: Order, Saxifragaceæ. CRYPTOPHAGOUS, krip-tof a-gus, s. (krypto, and phago, I eat, Gr.) A genus of minute Coleopteres insects found in fungi and on flowers: some species live in damp cellars: Family, Engida. CRYPTOPHRAGMIUM, 8. (krypto, and phragma, a hedge, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Acan

thacea.

CRYPTOFODA, Krip-top'o-da, s. (krypto, and pous, the foot, Gr.) A section of the Brachyurous, or shart-tailed Crustacea, remarkable for a vaulted projection of the posterior extremities of their thell, under which their feet, except the two anterior claws, can be completely retracted and concealed.

CRYPTOPROCTA, krip-to-prok'ta, s. A genus of fierce little quadrupeds, natives of Madagascar, baving something like the appearance of a cat. Mr. Bennet considers it belongs to the family Vi

verrida.

CRYPTOPUS, krip'to-pus, 8. (krypto, and pous, the foot, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Orchidaceæ. CRYPTORHYNCHIDES, krip-to-ring'ke-des, s. (cryptorhynchus, one of the genera.) A family of Coleopterous insects, containing above twenty gepera. The insects of this family have characters in common with Cryptorhynchus, the antennæ of which are short and twelve-jointed; the funiculas seven-jointed, the first joint rather larger than the rest; the club oval, or oblong-oval; rostrum moderate and rather arched; thorax broader than long, and furnished with tufts on the anterior parts; elytra ovate, covering the abdomen; scutelum distinct; legs moderate, and often armed with a spine beneath. Upwards of ninety species of this genera are natives of Britain. CRYPTORHYNCHUS, krip-to-ring' kus, s. (krypto, and rhin, the snout, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects-See Cryptorhynchides. CRYPTOSPERMUM, krip-to-sper'mum, s. (krypto, and sperma, a seed, Gr. from the seed, or rather the seed vessel, being hidden in the involucrum.) A geans of tropical weeds: Order, Valerianacea. CRYPTOSPHERIA, krip-tos-fe're-a, s. (krypto, and

CRYPTOSTEGIA-CRYSTALLIZE.

sphairo, a sphere, Gr.) A genus of Fungi: Suborder, Gasteromycetes.

CRYPTOSTEGIA, krip-to-ste'je-a, s. (krypto, and stego, I cover, Gr. in reference to the scales in the throat covering the anthers.) A genus of plants, with opposite leaves, and large showy purple flowers, natives of the East Indies: Order, Asclepiadeæ.

CRYPTOSTEMMA, krip-to-stem'ma, s. (krypto, and stemma, a crown, Gr. the scaly crown of the grains being involved in wool.) A genus of tender annuals, natives of the Cape of Good Hope: Order, Compositæ.

CRYPTOSTYLIS, krip-tos'te-lis, s. (krypto, and stylos, a style, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Orchidaceæ.

CRYPTOTENIA, krip-to-te'ne-a, s. (krypto, and teinia, vitta, Gr. from the vittæ of the mericarps being hidden by a pericarp.) A genus of plants, consisting of erect herbs with white flowers: Order, Umbellaceæ.

CRYPTOTHECA, krip-to-the 'ka, s. (krypto, and theca, a cover, Gr. from the capsule being hidden by the calyx.) A genus of plants, consisting of suffruticose branched herbs, with minute axillary flowers, natives of Java: Order, Lythraceæ. CRYPTURUS, krip-tu'rus, s. (krypto, and oura, a tail, Gr. from the tail feathers being concealed and confounded with the upper covers.) A genus of birds of the Grouse kind, natives of tropical America: Family, Tetraonidæ.

CRYPTUS, krip'tus, s. A genus of Hymenopterous insects: Tribe, Ichneumonidæ.

CRYSTAL, kris'tal, s. (krystallos, Gr. crystallus, Lat. probably from kryos, ice, and sello, I set, Gr.) A body formed in the processes of consolidation into a symmetrical figure, through the agency of chemical affinity, and the peculiar form of the molecules of which it is composed; glass used in the manufacture of drinking-vessels, chandeliers, &c. Rock-crystal, colourless transparent quartz. CRYSTALFORM, kris'tal-fawrm, a. Having the form of crystal.

CRYSTALLINE, or CRYSTALINE, kris'ta-lin, or kris'ta-line, a. Consisting of crystal; bright; clear; pellucid; transparent. Crystalline heavens, in ancient Astronomy, two orbs supposed between the primum mobile, or first power, and the firmament, in the Ptolemaic system. Crystalline humour of the eye, an extremely white transparent firm substance, formed like a glass lens, to converge rays of light, situated behind the iris, in the vitreous humour of the eye. That may

CRYSTALLIZABLE, kris-tal-liʼza-bl, a. be crystallized; that may be formed into crystals. CRYSTALLIZATION, kris-tal-li-za'shun, s. The act by which the particles of gaseous and liquid bodies, during conversion into solids, attach themselves in a certain order, so as to form symmetrical bodies or crystals. Every perfect crystal is bounded by plane surfaces, which are called its faces; the straight line formed by the intersection of two faces, is called an edge; the meeting of three or more edges in a point, forms a solid angle. Crystals are simple or compound: a simple form has all its faces equal and similar to each other; while a compound form of crystal is bounded by at least two different classes of faces. CRYSTALLIZE, kris'tal-lize, v. a. To cause to concrete in crystals;-v. n. to be converted into a

CRYSTALLOGRAPHER-CTENOMERIA.

crystal; to unite as the separate particles of a substance; to concrete. CRYSTALLOGRAPHER, kris-tal-log'gra-fur, s. (crystal, and grapho, I write, Gr.) One who describes crystals, or the mode of their formation. CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC, kris-tal-lo-grafik,

fe-kal,}

a. Relating to crystallography. CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY, kris-tal-lo-graf'fe-kalle, ad. In the manner of crystallography. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, kris-tal-log'gra-fe, s. The doctrine or science of crystallization.

NOTE. The above words are usually spelled with a double, in conformity with the Greek and Latin; but Webster spells them with only one : either way may be considered as correct.

CRYSTALWORTS, kris'tal-wurts, s. A name given by Lindley to his natural order Ricciacere.—Which

see.

CTENACANTHUS, ten-a-kan'thus, s. (ktenion, and akanthos, a spine, Gr.) A genus of fossil fishes of the Placoid order of Agassiz, found in the mountain limestone and old red sandstone formations.

CTENIPUS, te'ne-pus, s. (kteis, a comb, and pous, a foot, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Carabidae.

CTENISTES, te-nis'tes, s. (ktenistes, one who combs hair, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Pselaphii.

CTENIUM, ten'e-um, s. (ktenion, a little comb, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Graminaceæ. CTENOBRANCHIATA, ten-o-brang ke-ay-ta, s. (ktenion, and bragchia, gills, Gr.) A name given by some naturalists to the Pectinobranchiata of Cuvier; applied to those gasteropods which have pectinated branchiæ.

CTENODACTYLA, ten-o-dak'te-la, s. (ktenion, and daktylos, a finger, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Carabidæ.

CTENODES, ten'o-des, s. (ktenion, a little comb, Gr.)

A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Cerambycida.

CTENODUS, ten'o-dus, s. (ktenion, and odous, a tooth, Gr.) A genus of fossil fishes from the carboniferous formation; also, a genus of Alga: Order, Ceramiaceæ.

CTENOID, te'noyd, a. (kteis, or ktenion, a comb, and eidos, resemblance, Gr.) Comb-shaped; having the appearance of a comb; applied by Professor Agassiz to those fishes, the scales of which, like those of the perch, are pectinated on their posterior margin.

CTENOIDEA, te-noy'de-a, s. (kteis, a comb, CTENOIDEANS, te-noy'de-anz, and eidos, resemblance, Gr.) An order of fishes, according to the arrangement of Agassiz. They are so named from the posterior margin of the scales resembling the 'teeth of a comb, as in those of the perch. Fishes of this order do not appear to have existed previous to the cretaceous period. CTENOIDEAN, te-noy'de-an, a. Belonging to the third order of fishes, according to the arrangement of Agassiz.

CTENOLEPIS, ten-o-le'pis, s. (ktenion, and lepis, a scale, Gr.) A genus of Ctenoid fishes from the Oolite formation.

CTENOMERIA, ten-o-me're-a, s. (ktenion, and meris, a part, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Euphor

biacea.

CTENOPHORA-CUBITAL.

CTENOPHORA, te-nof'o-ra, s. (ktenion, and phoro, I carry, Gr.) A genus of Dipterous insects: Family, Nemoscera.

CTENOPUS, ten'o-pus, s. (ktenion, and pous, a foot, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Trachilides.

CTENOSTOMA, te-nos'to-ma, 8. (ktenion, and stoma, the mouth, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Carabidæ.

CUB, kub, s. The young of certain animals; a young boy or girl, in a contemptuous sense; a stall for cattle; applied in the following lines to the young of a whale:

Two mighty whales, which swelling seas had tost, One as a mountain vast, and with her came A cub, not much inferior to his dame.- Waller. -v. a. to bring forth a cub or cubs, used of a woman in contempt; to shut up in a cub. CUBATION, ku-ba'shun, s. (cubatio, Lat.) The act of lying down.

CUBATORY, ku'ba-tur-e, a. Recumbent; lying

down.

The finding exactly the

CUBATURE, ku’ba-ture, s. solid contents of a body. CUBE, kube, s. (kubos, Gr. cubas, Lat.) In Geometry, a regular solid body, with six equal sides, each of which is a square; that is, a surface bounded by four lines equal to each other, and having four right angles. In Arithmetic, the product of a number multiplied into itself, and that product multiplied by the same number; as, 4 x4 = 16 X 464, the cube of four. Cube-root, the number or quantity which, multiplied by itself, and then into the product, produces the cube; 4, in the preceding example being the cube root of 64. Cube ore, hexahedral olivenite, or arseniate of iron, a mineral of a green colour. CUBEB.-See Cubeba.

CUBEBA, ku-be'ba, s. (cubabah, Arab.) A genus of plants, the berries of which are called Cubebs, the Piper cubeba of Linnæus. The dried berries are of an ash-brown colour, generally wrinkled, and resembling pepper. They form a pungent warm spice, with an agreeable smell, and are used in Bengal and Java as a cure for the venereal disease. CUBEBINE, ku'be-bine, s. A vegetable principle found in the seeds of Piper cubeba. It is neutral, crystallizable, and tasteless. Its formula is C34, H17, 010. CUBIC, ku'bik,

The state or

a. Having the form or proCUBICAL, ku'be-kal, perties of a cube, or that may be contained within a cube. Cubic number, in Arithmetic, a number produced by multiplying a number into itself twice; thus, 27 is a cubic number-because, 3 multiplied by 3, and the product afterwards by 3, makes 27. CUBICALLY, ku'be-kal-le, ad. In a cubical method. CUBICALNESS, ku ́be - kal-nes, 9. quality of being cubical. In AlCUBIC EQUATION, ku'bik e-kwa'shun, s. gebra, that equation in which the unknown quantity rises to the third or cubic degree of power. CUBICULAR, ku-bik'u-lar, a. (cubiculum, Lat.) Belonging to a chamber. CUBICULARY, ku-bik'u-la-re, a. posture of lying down. CUBIFORM, ku'be-fawrm, a. Having the form of a

cube.

Fitted for the

CUBITAL, ku'be-tal, a. Containing the length or

measure of a cubit.

CUBITAL-CUCULLANUS.

CUBITAL, kube-tal, a. (cubitus, the forearm, Lat.) Belonging to the forearm; cubital artery, the ulnar artery; cubital nerve, the ulnar nerve. CramTED, kube-ted, a. Having the measure of a estit.

CUHTUS, ka'be-tus, s. In Anatomy, the forearm; a cubiti, the large bone of the forearm. The term is said to be derived from cubo, I lie down, it being castomary to lean upon that part of the body in the recumbent posture which the ancients observed at meals.

CUBOCTAHEDRAL, ku-bok-ta-he'dral, a. Presenting the two forms of a cube and an octahedron. CUBODODECAHEDRAL, ku-bo-do-dek-a-he'dral, a. Presenting the two forms of a cube and a dodecahedron.

CUBOID, ku boyd,

a. (kubos, a cube, and CEROIDAL, ku-boy'dal, eidos, resemblance, Gr.) Having the form of a cube, or differing little from i

CUBOIDES, ku-boy'des, s. (cubos, a cube, and eidos, resemblance, Gr.) A genus of the Acalepha: Order, Hydrostatica.

CUCKING-STOOL.-See Castigatory.

CUCKOLD, kuk kuld, s. (cuculus, Lat.) One whose wife is false to his bed;-. a. to corrupt a man's wife; to rob a man of his wife's fidelity; to wrong a busband by unchastity. CUCKOLDLY, kuk'kuld-le, a. Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean; cowardly; sneaking. CUCKOLD-MAKER, kuk'kuld-may'kur, 8. One who makes a practice of corrupting wives. CUCKOLDOM, kuk'kuld-dum, s. The act of adultery; the state of a cuckold.

COCKOLD-TREE, kuk'kuld-tre, s. An East Indian variety of the Acacia dahlia, or Thorn-bearing Acacia.

CUCKOO, kúk-oo', s.-See Cuculus. Cuckoo-buds, the name given in Shakspere to the common plant Ranunculus bulbosus; known also by the names of butter-cups, king's-cups, butter-flower, and gold-cups. Cuckoo-flower, the plant Cordamine pratensis, or Meadow Lady's Smock. Cuckoo'sment, the plant Oxalis acetosella, or WoodSarrel.

CUOQUEAN, kuk'kween, s. A lewd, degraded woman. CUCUBALUS, ku-ku'ba-lus, s. (altered from Cacobabus, which is derived from kakos, bad, and bole, a shoot of sprig, Gr. from its being destructive to the soil. The English name, Campion, is derived from campus, a field, Lat. in allusion to its being a pest in fields.) Berry-bearing Campion, a genus of plants: Order, Caryophyllaceæ. Cocujus, ku-ku ́jus, s. A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Platysoma. CUCULINÆ, kuk’u-lin-e, 8. (cuculus, a cuckoo, Lat.) from their parasitic habits.) A genus of bees, which want the femoral plates for transporting the pollen of flowers for the nourishment of their larvæ; they consequently deposit their eggs in the combs of other bees, as the cuckoo does in the hests of other birds.

CUCULLEA, ku-kul-le'a, s. (cuculla, a hood, Lat.) A name given by Lamarck to a subgenus of shells forming part of the genus Arca, in which the teeth of the two ends of the hinge assume a longitudinal direction.

CUCULLANUS, ku-kul-la'nus, s. (cuculla, a hood, Lat.) A genus of Entozoa, in which the head is invested with a sort of hood. They are found in

CUCULLATE-CUD.

the entrails of fishes--the most common occurs in those of the perch: Order, Nematoidea. CUCULLATE, ku'kul-late, a.(cucullatus, Lat.) CUCULLATED, ku'kul-lay-ted, Hooded; covered, as with a hood or cowl; having the resemblance or shape of a hood.

CUCULLATELY-SACCATE, ku'kul-layt-le- sakʼkate, a. Having a form between cucullate and saccate.

CUCULUS, kuk'u-lus, s. (Latin name.) The Cuckoo, a migrating genus of Passerine birds, distinguished from almost every other bird by its building no nest of its own, but depositing its eggs in that of other birds. The cuckoo is named from the sound

of its peculiar note. It arrives in England in April, and in Scotland in May, and leaves in September.

CUCUMBER, kooʻkum-bur, s. (concombre, Fr.) The common name of the fruit of the Cucumis sativus, a tender annual plant, a native of the East Indies, introduced into this country in 1573, and extensively used as a pickle and salad: Order, Cucurbitaceae. CUCUMBER-TREE, koo'kum-bur-tre, s. The name

given in North America to the Magnolia acuminata, the fruit of which is about three inches long, and somewhat resembles a small cucumber. The name is also given to the Averrhoa bilimbi, a native of the East Indies, and now cultivated in South America.

CUCUMIS, ku'kum-is, s. (Latin.) A genus of plants, including the melons, gourds, and cucumbers: Order, Cucurbitaceæ.

CUCUMITES, ku-ku-mi'tes, 8. (cucumis, a cucumber, Lat.) A genus of fossil plants from Sheppey. CUCURBITA, ku-kurʼbe-ta, s. (Latin.) The Gourds, a genus of plants: Type of the natural order Cucurbitaceæ. A chemical distilling vessel, shaped like a gourd; a cupping-glass.

CUCURBITACEE, ku-kur-be-ta'se-e, s. A natural order of Diclinous Exogens, with fibrous or tuberous annual or perennial roots, and brittle stems climbing by means of tendrils; leaves palmate or with palmate ribs, succulent with numerous asperities; flowers solitary, panicled, or in fascicles; calyx five-toothed; corolla five-petalled, distinct from the calyx, yellow, white, or red; stamens five, distinct or joined in three parcels, and sometimes altogether in one; styles crowned with three or five two-lobed stigmas, generally thick and velvety, rarely fringed; ovarium one-celled, with three parietal placentas; fruit fleshy, more or less succulent, and crowned by the scar formed by the calyx; it is one-celled, with three parietal placentas indicated on the outside by nerves. CUCURBITACEOUS, ku-kur-be-ta'shus, a. Resembling the gourd, or other fruits of the order Cucurbitaceæ.

CUCURBITEÆ, ku-kur-bit'e-e, s. A tribe of plants of the natural order Cucurbitaceæ, in which the tendrils are lateral and stipular, and the flowers hermaphrodite, dioecious, or monoecious. CUCURBITINUS, ku-kur-be-ti'nus, s. The Tænia solium, a species of tapeworm, has been so named from its resemblance to the seed of the gourd. CUCURBITS, ku-kurʼbits, s. Lindley's proposed name for plants belonging to the order Cucurbita

ceæ.

CUCURBITULA, ku-kur'bit-u-la, s. (dim. of cucurbita, a gourd, Lat.) A cupping-glass. CUD, kud, s. The food which ruminating animals

CULPABLY-CUMBERSOMELY.

CULPABLY, kul'pa-ble, ad. Blameably; criminally; in a manner to merit chastisement. CULPRIT, kal'prit, s. A person arraigned before a odge for trial on a charge preferred; one convicted of a crime; a criminal.

CELTER, kultur, s. (Latin.) The third lobe of the liver has been so called, from its supposed resemblance to a knife.

CULTIVABLE, kul'te-va-bl, La Capable of CULTIVATABLE, kul'te-vay-ta-bl, cultivation. CULTIVATE, kul'te-vate, v. a. (cultiver, Fr.) To tl; to prepare for crops; to forward or improve the soil by manual industry; to improve the mind by study and reflection; to refine by moral agencies; to meliorate; to civilize.

CULTIVATION, kal-te-va'shun, s. The art or practice of improving soils, or of tilling and preparing land for crops; improvement in general; promotion; melioration.

CULTIVATOR, kul'te-vay-tur, s. One who tills or prepares land for crops; one engaged in husbandry or agriculture; one who improves, promotes, or meborates.

CELTRATE, kul'trate, a. (cultratus, Lat.) CULTRATED, kul'tray-ted, Shaped like a prunCELTRIFORM, kul'tre-fawrm,) ing-knife; sharpedged CELTRIROSTRES, kul-tre-ros'tris, s. (culter, a coulter or knife, and rostrum, a beak, Lat.) A family of Wading-birds, distinguished by their long, thick, and strong bills, which are generally trenchant and painted, as in the herons and cranes.

CULTURE, kulture, s. (cultura, Lat.) The act of cultivation; the act of tilling and preparing the soil for crops; tillage; the act of applying the means for moral and intellectual improvement; melioration ;—v. a. to cultivate; to till. CULTURELESS, kul'ture-les, a. Without culture. CULTURIST, kul'tu-rist, s. One who cultivates. CCLVER, kulvur, s. (culfra, Sax.) A pigeon or wood-pigeon-Seldom used.

Whence borne on liquid wings,

The sounding culver shoots.-Thomson, CULVER-HOUSE, kul'vur-hows, s. A dove-cote. CCLVERIN, kul'vur-in, s. (couleurine, Fr.) A long slender piece of ordnance, intended to carry a ball of about sixteen pounds to a great distance, requiring a charge of about sixteen pounds of powder. CELVERKEY, kul'vur-ke, s. A species of flower. CCLVERT, kulvert, 8. An arched drain or conduit for the conveyance of water under roads or canals, or for the discharge of rain water from hollows on the upper side of a canal. CELVERTAIL.-See Dovetail.

CUMBENT, kum'bent, a. (cumbens, Lat.) Lying down; reclining.

CUMBER, kum ́bur, v. a. (kommeren, Dut.) To embarrass, to entangle; to obstruct; to crowd or bad with something useless; to involve in difficulties and dangers; to distress; to busy; to distract with multiplicity of cares; to be troublesome in any place;-8. vexation; burdensomeness; embarrassment; obstruction; hinderance; disturbance; distress.

CUMBERSOME, kum'bur-sum, a. Troublesome; vexations; burdensome; embarrassing; unwieldy; unmanageable.

CUMBERSOMELY, kum'bur-sum-le, ad. In a troublesome manner; in a manner that produces binderance and vexation.

CUMBERSOMENESS-CUNEIFORM.

Cumbersomeness, kumʼbur-sum-nes, 8. Burdensomeness; hinderance; impediment.

CUMBRANCE, kum'brans, s. Burden; hinderance; impediment.

CUMBROUS, kum'brus, a. Troublesome; vexatious; disturbing; oppressive; burdensome; jumbled; obstructing each other.

CUMBROUSLY, kum'brus-le, ad. In a burdensome

manner.

CUMBROUSNESS, kum'brus-nes, s. The state of being cumbrous. CUMFREY.-See Comfrey. CUMIN. See Cuminum. CUMINEÆ, ku-min'e-e, s. A tribe of plants of CUMINIDE, ku-min'e-de, the natural order Apiacea, or Umbelliferæ, partaking of the important characters of cuminum, especially in having the fruit contracted from the sides; the mericarps having five primary filiform ribs, the lateral ones of these marginating, and four secondary more prominent ones, all wingless.

CUMINUM, ku-min'um, s. (kumon, Arab. kammon, Heb. kuminon, Gr.) Cumin, a genus of umbelliferous plants, consisting of herbs with multifid leaves, and white, red, or purple flowers. The plant C. cyminum is cultivated in the south of Europe and in all Asia Minor for its seeds, which have a bitterish warm taste, accompanied with a rather disagreeable flavour, residing in a volatile oil: Tribe, Cuminidæ.

For the fitches are not thrashed with a thrashing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned upon the cumin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cumin with a rod.-Isa. xxviii. 27.

CUMMINGIA, kum-min'je-a, s. (in honour of a gentleman of the name of Cumming.) A genus of plants: Order, Liliacea.

CUMMINGTONITE, kum'ming-ton-ite, s. (from its being found at Cummington in Massachusets, U.S.) A mineral occurring in fine needles, forming tufts of crystals which diverge slightly from one another. The colour is greyish-white with a silky lustre, opaque. It consists of soda, 8.44; silica, 56.54; protoxide of iron, 21.67; protoxide of manganese, 7.80; loss from heat, 3.18: sp. gr. 3.20. CUMULATE, CUMULATION, CUMULATIVE.-See Accumulate, Accumulation, Accumulative. CUMULOSE, ku'mu-lose, a. Full of heaps. CUN, kun, v. a. To know. See Con. CUNCTATION, kungk-ta'shun, s. (cunctatio, Lat.) Delay; procrastination; dilatoriness.- Seldom used.

CUNCTATOR, kungk-ta'tur, s. (Latin.) One given to delay; a lingerer; an idler; a sluggard.-Ob

solete.

having a shape between obovate and wedge-shaped, and between egg-shaped and wedge-shaped. CUNEIFORM, ku-ne'e-fawrm, a. Having the form CUNIFORM, ku'ne-fawrm, or shape of a wedge. CUNEIFORM-LETTERS, ku-ne'e-fawrm- let'turz, s. pl. The inscriptions on the old Persian and Ba