Cusp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cusped (k?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cusping.] To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
Cus"pa*ted (k?s"p?-t?d), a. Ending in a point.
Cus"pid (k?s"p?d), n. [See Cusp.] (Anat.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Cus"pi*dal (-p?-dal), a. [From L. cuspis, cuspidis. See Cusp.] Ending in a point.
Cus"pi*date (-d?t), v. t. To make pointed or sharp.
{ Cus"pi*date (k?s"p?-d?t), Cus"pi*da`ted (- d?`t?d), } a. [L. cuspidatus, p. p. of cuspidare to make pointed, fr. cuspis. See Cusp.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.
Cus"pi*dor (-d?r), n. [Pg. cuspideria, fr. cuspir to spit.] Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.
||Cus"pis (k?s"p?s), n. [L.] A point; a sharp end.
Cus"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.] A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.
Cus"tode (k?s"t?d), n. [F. or It. custode, fr. L. custos, -odis.] See Custodian.
Cus*to"di*al (k?s-t?"d?-al), a. [Cf. F. custodial, fr. L. custodia. See Custody.] Relating to custody or guardianship.
Cus*to"di*an (k?s-t?"d?-an), n. [From Custody.] One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.
Cus*to"di*an*ship, n. Office or duty of a custodian.
Cus*to"di*er (-?r), n. [Cf. LL. custodiarus.] A custodian. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Cus"to*dy (k?s"t?-d?), n. [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to hide, and E. hide. See Hide to cover.] 1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas.
Bacon.