Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRYS-TAL-O-GRAPH'IC, or CRYS-TAL-O-GRAPH'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to crystalography.

CRYS-TAL-O-GRAPH'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In the manner of crystalography.

CRYS-TAL-OG'RA-PHY, n. [crystal, as above, and γραγη, description.]

1. The doctrine or science of crystalization, teaching the principles of the process, and the forms and structure of crystals.
2. A discourse or treatise on crystalization.

CTE-NOID'ANS, n. [plur.]

The third order of fishes established by Agassiz, characterized thus, skin covered with jagged, pectinated, unenameled scales.

CUB, n.¹ [allied perhaps to Ir. caobh, a branch, a shoot. But the origin of the word is uncertain.]

1. The young of certain quadrupeds, as of the bear and the fox; a puppy; a whelp. Waller uses the word for the young of the whale.
2. A young boy or girl, in contempt. – Shak. Congreve.

CUB, n.²

A stall for cattle. [Not in use.]

CUB, v.t.¹

To bring forth a cub, or cubs. In contempt, to bring forth young, as a woman. – Dryden.

CUB, v.t.²

To shut up or confine. [Not in use.] – Burton.

CU-BA'TION, n. [L. cubatio, from cubo, to lie down.]

The act of lying down; a reclining. – Dict.

CU'BA-TO-RY, a.

Lying down; reclining; incumbent. – Dict.

CU'BA-TURE, n. [from cube.]

The finding exactly the solid or cubic contents of a body. – Harris.

CUB'BED, pp.

Brought forth; shut up; confined. Used of beasts.

CUB'BING, ppr.

Bringing forth, as beasts; shutting up in a stall.

CUBE, n. [Gr. κυβος; L. cubus, a die or cube; Fr. cube; It. cubo; Sp. cubo; Port. cubo, In the two latter languages, it signifies also a pail or tub, and in Port. the nave of a wheel. W. cub, a bundle, heap or aggregate, a cube; Ch. עקב, to square, to form into a cube; קביא, the game of dice, Gr. κυβεια. It seems to be allied to L. cubo, to set or throw down, and to signify that which is set or laid, a solid mass.]

1. In geometry, a regular solid body, with six equal sides, and containing equal angles.
2. In arithmetic, the product of a number multiplied into itself, and that product multiplied into the same number; or it is formed by multiplying any number twice by itself; as 4×4 = 16, and 16×4 = 64, the cube of 4. The law of the planets is, that the squares of the times of their revolutions are in proportion to the cubes of their mean distances. Cube root, is the number or quantity, which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the cube; or which twice multiplied into itself, produces the number of which it is the root; thus, 3 is the cube root or side of 27, for 3×3 = 9, and 3×9 = 27.

CU'BEB, n. [Ar. كَبَابَهٌ kababan; Indian kebaba. Class Gb, No. 45. Sp. cubeba.]

The small spicy berry of the Piper cubeba from Java, and the other East India isles. It was formerly called, from its short stems, Piper caudatum, or tailed pepper. It resembles a grain of pepper, but is somewhat longer. In aromatic warmth and pungency, it is far inferior to pepper. – Coxe. Encyc.

CUBE'-ORE, n.

Hexahedral olivenite, or arsenate of iron, a mineral of a greenish color. – Ure.

CU'BIC, or CU'BIC-AL, a. [L. cubicus, from cubus. See Cube.]

Having the form or properties of a cube; that may be or is contained within a cube. A cubic foot of water is the water that may be contained within six equal sides, each a foot square. Cubic number, is a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product by the same number; or it is the number arising from the multiplication of a square number by its root. [See Cube.]

CU'BIC-AL-NESS, n.

The state or quality of being cubical.

CU-BIC'U-LAR, a. [L. cubiculum.]

Belonging to a chamber.

CU-BIC'U-LA-RY, a. [L. cubiculum, a bed-room.]

Fitted for the posture of lying down. [Little used.] – Brown.

CU'BI-FORM, a.

Having the form of a cube. – Coxe.

CU'BIT, n. [L. cubitus, the elbow; Gr. κυβιτον; probably allied to L. cubo, and signifying a turn or corner.]

1. In anatomy, the fore arm; the ulna, a bone of the arm from the elbow to the wrist. – Coxe. Encyc.
2. In mensuration, the length of a man's arm from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. The cubit among the ancients was of a different length among different nations. Dr. Arbuthnot states the Roman cubit at seventeen inches and four tenths; the cubit of the Scriptures at a little less than 22 inches; and the English cubit at 18 inches. – Encyc.

CU'BIT-AL, a.

1. Of the length or measure of a cubit. – Brown.
2. Pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubical nerve; cubital artery; cubital muscle. – Hooper. Coxe.

CU'BIT-ED, a.

Having the measure of a cubit. – Sheldon.

CUB'LESS, a.

Having no cubs.