||Cu`lasse" (ku`l?s"), n. [F., fr. cul back.] The lower faceted portion of a brilliant- cut diamond.
Cul*dee" (k&?;l-d&?;" or k&?;l"d&?;), n. [ Prob. fr. Gael. cuilteach; cf. Ir. ceilede.] One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
The pure Culdees
Were Albyn's earliest priests of God.
Campbell.
||Cul`-de-sac" (ku`de-s?k" or kul`de-s?k"), n.; pl. Culs-de-sac (ku`- or kulz`-). [ F., lit., bottom of a bag.]
1. A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
2. (Mil.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
3. (Anat.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
Cul"er*age (k?l"?r-?j), n. (Bot.) See Culrage.
||Cu"lex (k?"l?ks), n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.
Cu*lic"i*form (k?-l?s"i-f?rm). a. [L. culex a gnat + -form:cf. F. culiciforme.] (Zo÷l.) Gnat- shaped.
Cu"li*na*ri*ly (k?`l?-n?-r?-l?), adv. In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.
Cu"li*na*ry (k?"l?-n?-r?), a. [L. culinarius, fr. culina kitchen, perh. akin to carbo coal: cf. F. culinare.] Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.
Cull (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Culling.] [OE. cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F. cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls.
Dryden.
Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled.
Tennyson.
Cull, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
Cul"len*der (k?l"l?n-d?r), n. A strainer. See Colander.
Cull"er (k?l"?r), n. One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
Cul"let (kŭl"l&ebreve;t), n. [From Cull, v. t. ] Broken glass for remelting.
Cul"let, n. [A dim. from F. cul back.] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).
Cul`li*bil"i*ty (-l?-b?l"?-ty), n. [From cully to trick, cheat.] Gullibility. [R.] Swift.
Cul"li*ble (k?l"l?-b'l), a. Easily deceived; gullible.
Cull"ing (k?l"?ng), n. 1. The act of one who culls.