Cui*rassed" (kw&esl;*r&adot;st" or kwē"răst), a. 1. Wearing a cuirass.
2. (Zo÷l) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.
Cui`ras*sier" (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier. See Curass.] A soldier armed with a cuirass. Milton.
Cuish (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. Hough.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, and quish.]
||Cui`sine" (kw?`z?n"), n. [F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See Kitchen.] 1. The kitchen or cooking department.