1000000030

e u e

cunE, in gcometry,

folid body,

conGnin~

of Gx e–

qual fqu"e Gdes. See CEoMe rKV .

CU BEBS, in Ibe

nl1t~ri~ mellic~, ~

fm.dl

d,.i~d

(ruit,

rercmbling

grain of pepper, but orlen fomewbal

10"l:cr, broeghl into En""pe CromIbe illand

Jav~.

In aromatie warmtb and pungency, they are Car inCe–

rior

pepper.

CUBIC, or CUBICAL EQY AT ION, in algebra. See AL'

GEBRA.

CUBIT, in Ihe menCuration

Ihe

~ncienls,

a long Olea·

[ure, equal to the lenglh

a man's arm,

Crom

tbe

elbow to the tip

Ihe fingers.

Or Arbulhnol makes tbe Englifh cubil equal to 18

inches; Ihe Roman cubil equal 10 l COOI

5,406

incbes;

and Ihe cubil of Ihe Ceriplure equal 10 l fOOl,

888

inches .

CUCKOW, in ornilhology. Sce CUCULUS.

CUCKOIV' SPIT, Ihe fame wilh Crolh·fpil. See FROTH–

SP IT.

CUCKOIV·SPIT. INSECT. See CICADA.

CUCUB.\LUS, in bOlany, a grnus of Ihe decandria

Irigynia claCs. The eahx is inO.Hed; lite corolla has

fi,e pelals wilh unflues; and Ihe capf"le has Ihree

cells. There are 13 fpecies. fi ve of wltich ue nati,,!

of Brilain.

vi, .

Ihe bacciferus, or bmy.bearing chick–

",eed; Ibe beken, or whi,e corn campion; Ihe vifeo–

fus, or Oover eampion; Ihe oliles, or Spaninl cmh–

Oy; and Ibe acaulis, Or mofs campion.

CUCU LUS,

IheCu cKolV, inornilhology,

genusbe–

longing 10 Ihe order of picit.

Th~

bill is Comewhal

cyhndrical; Ihe

ed~es

Ihe non,ils are a lillle pro–

minenl; Ihe longue is arrow.fhaped, pl,in, and nOI

divided, and Ibe lOes are of Ihe climbinR,kind,

IWO bdore and 1100 behind.

is aboijl ihe lile of a

pigeon. The cuckolV is a migraling bi,.d; il comes 10

Bril.in

aboul Iheend of April, halches ils young, and

difappears about SI John's day. The cuckolV neilher

builds a neft, nor fin upon its eggs; bUI lakes porref–

fioe of a nen buill by fmall birds

the fparrowkind,

in which it generallylays bUI one egg, which is hatch–

ed by Ihe fmall bi rd along ...ith ils own eggs ; during

the lime

balching, Ibe cuckow Gts upon bedges or

Irees, and almol! connantly Gngs.

Ihe curkow's

cgg be fi rn batched, fhe immediately Ihrow! Out and

dellroys the eggs oi' Ihe Cmall bird; but if Ihe

fm~1I

bird's eggs be fi rn batrlted, tbe cuckolV alloll's Ihe

you ng to live lill tlS own egg is halcbeo, and

th~n

de–

IIroys the yuung bdonging 10 the fmall bird. The

fm all bird fecds and brings up Ibe young cuckow wilb

.s much care and

~ttenlion

as iC it IVere its own, lill

il be able

procure ils own Cood, when, Conle fay. il

ungraleCully kdls and em ils nurfe. ThecuckowCceos

upon calerpillars and Cm.1I birds; but is never IranC–

fo;med inln a bal'lk, as is

vulS~rly

fuppoCed.

a native

Europe. Linn:tus enumerales no leCs Ihan

fpecies, which ,nhahil dirrcrent parts

Ibe glcbe,

an,1 ore chi:Ay dilltnguiOled by Ihe filape of Ihe tail

and variatiolls in colou r.

-CUCU~! HER,

in bOlany. See CUCUM IS.

<: UCUM IS. or

CU CU~II'f.R,

in bOlany, a senus oClhe

monQccia fyncendi, clars. Thecaltx of lhe male has

e u

five leellt; Ihe corolla is dil'ided into Gve Cegments;

antl Ibe filatll lnlS ale Ihree: The calix and corolla of

the

Ccm~le

are 'he rame \Vilh lhofe of lite

OI~le

llre

pilldl nm is trifid: atld Ihe feeds

Ibe apple are OlOrt

and Oender. 1'here are l l Cpe.:ies, none of Ihem n.–

til'cs

Btitain.

CUCU IWIT, in cheminry. See CHEMI STR V, Vol.

ll.

p. tO').

CUCUR BI1'A, Ihe GO UR D, in botany, a genusoC lhe

mono~cia

ryngenefia claCs.

he calix has five Iwh

the corolla is d,vid<o into five fegmenls ; and the fila–

menls are time: The calix and corolla

Ihe Cemale

are Ihe fame Wilh tboCe

Ihe male; Ihe pillillum is

quinqu,fid; and Ihe feeds

Ihe apple arelurned

the eclges. The.Cpecie'l are five, Done of Ihcmnalives

Hrilain.

O Cometimes means the inGde

Ihe Ihroat in beans,

and fomelimes Ihe food Ihal Ihey keep Ihere and

ehew over again: from whence,

chc'lJJ ¡hc ,ud,

fignifies, tn ponder, Ihink, or ruminale upon a Ihing.

CUnWEEO, in bOlany. See GNAPHALIUM .

CU ENCA, a city and billtop's fee

New Canile, in

Spain, about eigbl Yfive miles eal! of Madrid:

long. 20 40', and N. lat. 400 12'.

CUlRAS

piete

d,'fenfive armour, made

iron

plate, well bammered, ferving 10

cover

Ihe body, Crom

Ihe neck

tbe gi,dk, bOlh before and bchind.

Whence,

CUIR ASS IERS, cavalry armed wilh cuirarres, as mon

Ibe Germans are: the

Fr~nch

Itave a legimeOl of

cuiraffiers ; bUI we have had none in Ibe Briufh army

Gnce lbe revolulion.

CULOEES, in chu rch·hinory, a fort of monkint priens,

formerly inhabilittg Scotland and Ireland. Being re–

markable

Cor

Ihe religiolls exercifes

preacltiog and

praying, lhey were (alled, by way of eminence,

cul–

/om

Dei·

Crom whence is derived Ibe word culdees.

They made choice

one of Iheir OIVn Crnlernity10 he

Ibeir fpiritual head, wbo was afterwards called Ihe

SCOts bilhop.

CULEUS, in Roman antiquity, the largen meafure of

capaeity for Ihings Itquid, conr.iningIwenly amphor.t,

or forty urna:.

conlaincd one bundred fOOY' lhree

gallon!, time pinls, Englifh wine-meafure; and was

11 .095 Colid inches.

CULEX, in 20010gy. ageous of infeéts belonging 10 lite

order

diplera: The moulh is armcd wilb retaceou!

pricklcs inclofed in a flcxi le Ibeatb. There He feren

fp~cics,

principally dininguifhed by Iheir col"nr.

~CAN,

Ihecapilal of a province

Ihe

Can.te na.me

~ Iexico,

oppofit e

lite foulhern end

CaltforOta:

\V .

long. 113", ano N. lat. 24°.

CULLlAGE, a barb.lrousand immoral praél,ce, whm–

h)'

the lords uf manors anciendyalfumed a ri¡¡hllO Ihe

fir n nighl of Iheir \'a[,ls b,ides.

CULLE , a parli.n..

~nl

IOwn in Scodand, fituated nn

the f•.,·coan of Uanfllure :

long.

2° I

~',

and

lat.

l8'.

CULMI-

r:UU I,

or CULMUS amon" blt,n,l!¡. See Vol. 1.

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