CUNARDER, k[=u]n-ard'[.e]r, _n._ one of a certain line of steamships
between England and America. [Founded by Sir Samuel _Cunard_ (1787-1865).]
CUNCTATOR, kungk-t[=a]'tor, _n._ one who delays or puts off.--_n._
CUNCT[=A]'TION, delay.--_adjs._ CUNCT[=A]'TIOUS, CUNCT[=A]'TIVE,
CUNCT[=A]'TORY, inclined to delay. [L.,--_cunct[=a]ri_, to delay.]
CUNEAL, k[=u]'ne-al, CUNEATE, k[=u]'ne-[=a]t, _adj._ of the form of a
wedge.--_adjs._ CUN[=E]'IFORM, C[=U]'NIFORM, wedge-shaped--specially
applied to the old Babylonian and Assyrian writing, of which the characters
have a wedge-shape. [L. _cuneus_, a wedge.]
CUNETTE. See CUVETTE.
CUNNING, kun'ing, _adj._ knowing: skilful: artful: crafty.--_n._ knowledge:
skill: faculty of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose:
artifice.--_adv._ CUNN'INGLY.--_n._ CUNN'INGNESS, quality of being cunning:
artfulness, slyness. [A.S. _cunnan_, to know.]
CUP, kup, _n._ a vessel used to contain liquid: a drinking-vessel: the
liquid contained in a cup: that which we must receive or undergo:
afflictions: blessings.--_v.i._ to extract blood from the body by means of
cupping-glasses: (_Shak._) to make drunk:--_pr.p._ cup'ping; _pa.p._
cupped.--_ns._ CUP'-BEAR'ER, one who attends at a feast to fill out and
hand the wine; CUPBOARD (kub'urd), a place for keeping victuals, dishes,
&c.--_v.t._ to store.--_ns._ CUP'BOARD-LOVE, -FAITH, love or faith indulged
in for a material end; CUP'FUL, as much as fills a cup:--_pl._ CUP'FULS;
CUP'-GALL, a cup-shaped gall in oak-leaves; CUP'-L[=I]'CHEN, or -MOSS, a
species of _Cladonia_; CUP'MAN, a boon companion; CUP'PER, a cup-bearer:
one professionally engaged in cupping; CUP'PING, the application of cups
from which the air has been exhausted to a scarified part of the skin for
the purpose of drawing blood; CUP'PING-GLASS, a glass used in the operation
of cupping; DRY'-CUP'PING, the application of cups without previous
scarification; LOV'ING-CUP, a cup (from which all drink) passed round at
the close of a feast.--CRY CUPBOARD, to cry for food; IN HIS CUPS, under
the influence of liquor; MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP, a proverb
signifying that something adverse may occur at the last moment. [A.S.
_cuppe_ (Fr. _coupe_, It. _coppa_, a cup, the head); all from L. _cupa_,
_cuppa_, a tub.]
CUPEL, k[=u]'pel, _n._ a small vessel used by goldsmiths in assaying
precious metals.--_v.t._ to assay in a cupel.--_n._ CUPELL[=A]'TION, the
process of assaying precious metals. [L. _cupella_, dim. of _cupa_. See
CUP.]
CUPIDITY, k[=u]-pid'i-ti, _n._ covetousness.--_n._ C[=U]'PID, the god of
love. [L. _cupiditas_--_cup[)e]re_, to desire.]
CUPOLA, k[=u]'po-la, _n._ a spherical vault, or concave ceiling, on the top
of a building: the internal part of a dome: a dome.--_v.t._ to furnish with
such. [It.; dim. of Low L. _cupa_, a cup--L. _cupa_, a tub.]
CUPREOUS, k[=u]p'r[=e]-us, CUPRIC, k[=u]p'rik, _adj._ of or containing
copper.--_adj._ CUPRIF'EROUS, producing copper.--_n._ C[=U]'PRITE, the red
oxide of copper. [L. _cuprum_, copper, _ferre_, to bear.]