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CULMI ATION, in anronomy, the paITage of any

he:lVenly body over the meridiAn, or its gremn alti–

lude for IhAt

d.ly

CULMORE, a town of Jreland , in the eoun!yof Lnn–

donderry, and prol'inee of Ulfler, about live miles

nonh uf Londonderry: W. long. 7°

and N. I. t

¡sO

CULMUS. See CULM.

CUL/'RIT, a form.1 reply of a proper offieer in eoun,

iD b

,h.lf

of the klOg, afler a criminal 1m pleaded not

guilty, allirming him 10 be gUllly, without whieh the

ilfue

be tried is not joined.

The termeulprit is a eontraélion of the Latin

elll–

p.hilil,

and the Freneh

prif/;

imponing that he is

ready 10 prove the el;min,,1guiltv.

CULROSS, a parliament tOlVn of Scodand, r.tuated on

the river Fonh, a"out Iwenly three miles nonh-well

of Edinbutgh : W. long.

3° 34',

and . Iat.

56° 8'.

CULVERIN, in Ihe military

3rt,

a large

e~nnon,

pieee of anillery; for Ihe kinds, weight, and propor–

tions of IVhieh,

Cee

CANNON .

CULVERTAILED, among fhip.wrights, r.gnifies the

fallening, or lcuing. of one limber inlo 'anolher,

that they eaonot nlp OUt, as the e"rlings ¡n!O the beams

fhip.

CUMBERLAND, one of Ihe moll

nonh~rly

eounlies

of Engldnd, [eparated fl om Scodand by the flilh and

riverof Solway..

gives the lide of duke to his royal

highneCs Williamduke of C"mberland,

&e.

CUMlNOIDES, in bOlany. See LA coEe IA.

CUMINUM, in bOlany, a genus of the penundria di–

gynia claCs. The fruit is oval and Ilriated; it has

four umbellulre, and the involucrum

eonr.ns

of four

fegmenls. There is but one fpeeies, a nalive of E–

gypt. The feeds are earmioalive and nomachic.

CU NEIFORM, in general, an appe/latioo given to

whatever reCembles a wedge.

CU HEIFORMBOSE, in anatomy. See Vol.

180.

CUNEUS, Ihe wedge, in meehanics. See MECHA-

NICS .

CUNICULUS, io zoology. See LE PUS.

CUNILA, in bOlany, a genus of Ihediandria monogynia

claCs; of whieh there are three [pecies, nooe of them

nalives of Rritain.

CUNNI CHAM, one of the four bailiwieks of Seot–

land, andone of the threeinto whieh Ihe fhire of Aire

is fubdivided.

lies nonh·eafl of Kyle. lis ehicf

10IVn is Irwin.

CUP, among botanins, Ihe fame with ealyx. See C,–

LVX .

CUPA lA, in bOlany, a genus of the pentandria mo–

nogynia clafs . T he ealix

conr.ns

of Ihree leaves ; Ihe

Ilylus is trifid

Ihe eapCule has Ihree valm

and Ihe

leeds are r.x. There is but one [pecies, a native of

America.

CUPOLA, in architeélure,

Cpherieal vault; or Ihe

~ound

tOp of Ihe dome of a ehureh, in form of a eup

Invened.

CUPPEL, or COPPH, in ehcminry.

CUPPINC, in Curgery, Ihe operation

VOL.!!. No. 42.

See COPPEL.

of applyinS cup-

e u

pin~-gl llf,s

(or Ihe

difi'lw~c

hlon,l, anel ol":r

¡",.

mnurs, hy Ihe fkin. Se'; SURr.FRV.

CUI'R ESSUS, Ihe CVr RE$\ ·rt: ' r. , a genlll

ti"

monoecia mllnoddl'hia

rI~(s.

l ñc calix ,,( lhe

m.de

r~.de

of the

:tmcmullI;

ít

cOI'"lIa ;

:10\1

th !

anlltera: have no fi l.mcms : The

cali~

of tlt<

fell",,"

IIrobdllS, anel Ihe (quama conllin,

r.n¡:1o:

~lIwer;

il hd! no corolla;

th~

lIylus is a coneave

1'''101

.001

Ihe nllt is

an~ular.

The (pecies "re (uur, nor,e

thLmnali,"sof Rrilain.

CUPRUM, or CoprER. See CHEMISTRV, Vol

/l.

p Ro.

CUIt,\SSOW, or CURACAO, one of Ihe IcITer

.~nlillo ·

iOand" lilbjeél

the Dureh, .nel filualed in

68 ° 3','

lon~.

andO

12°

30'

N. lat.

¡\

TE, properly fignilies Ihe parron or viear

u( a

pariOl, who has the eharge or cu re of Ihe partOlOners

I'ouls. See CURE.

CURATE,

~I ro

r.gnifies a perCon CubOituleu by lite in–

cumbenl, 10 Cerve his cure in his Ocad.

CURATOR, among

eivili~ns,

a perron regularly ap–

poinled 10 manage Ihe alfairs of minors, 01 per[ons

mad, deaf, dUOlb,

See LAw.

CUR

[l,

in Ihe menase, a ehain of iron, made fan

Ihe upper pan of the branches of the bridl(, in a hole

\!¡llled Ihe eye, and running over the hor(e's beard.

eonfins of the(e three pans; the hook, fixed

Ihe

eye of Ihe braneh; the ehain of SS's, or links; and

Ihe <IVO rinss, or mailes. Large eurbs, provided Ihey

be round, are always mon gende: but care is 10 be

taken, Ihat it rdl in its proper place, a liltle abol'e

the bcard, otherlVi(e Ihe bit·moulh will no have the

elfeél Ihat may be expeéled from il.

Englifh walering bils ha,e no eurbs; the Turkilh

bilS, called genmes. have a ring that Cerves illnead

of a eurb. See CENET TES.

CURCU LlO, in zoology, a genus of inCeéls belonging

tothe order of eoleoptera. The f,elers are (ubclava–

ted, and rell upon Ihe (noul, IVhieh is prominem and

horny. There are no le(s than ninely-6ve fpeeies,

prineipally difiinguifhed by their coJour.

CURCUMA, or TURMER IC, in botany, a genul of

Ihe monandria monogynia clars.

has four barren

namina, and only Ihe fi[lh is fenile. Tltere are IIVO

Cpecies, both nalives of India. S,e Vol.

p. 633.

CURDISTAN, a province of Perr.a, having TureoOla–

nia, or Armcnia, on the nonh, and Eyraea-Arabie,

or Chaldea. on Ihe roulh .

CURDLlNG, the eoagulaling any fluid body, e(pecia/ly

milk.

is raid, Ihat atoFlorenee Ihey eurdle Iheir milk

(or lite making of chec(c wilfi aniehoke·Aow,rs, in–

nead o( Ihe r,nnet ured among us for Ihal purpoCe.

CURFEW, or COURFEIV,

r.gnal gil'en in eities la–

h n in war,

&e.

Ihe inhabilants 10 go to beJ.

P'(quin fays, it was (o ea/led, as being intended 10

adveni(c the penplc to

r~ellre

Ihem(dvcs froth Ihe

robberics and dcb.lllcherics of Ihe nigh!.

The 11I0Jl eOlin. nl cur(elV in Englantl lVas Ihat

,(la–

hltlhcd by William Ih. Conqucror, who appointc,l,

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under