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Cudg"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled (-&?;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.] To beat with a cudgel.

An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak.

To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits.

Cudg"el*er (-?r), n. One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also cudgeller.]

Cud"weed` (k?d"w?d`), n. [Apparently fr. cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.] (Bot.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

Cue (kū), n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.] 1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak.

3. A hint or intimation.

Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.

4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.

Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. Shak.

5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] Dickens.

6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Cue, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Cue, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]

&fist; The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. Nares.

Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? Old Play.

||Cuer"po (kw&etilde;r"p&osl;), n. [Sp. cuerpo, fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.] The body.

In cuerpo, without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered.

Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras.

Cuff (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuffed (k&?;ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Cuffing.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ] 1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. Shak.

They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

2. To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale." Tennyson.

Cuff, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box.

While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. Dryden.

Cuff, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.