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Cu"li*na*ri*ly (k?`l?-n?-r?-l?), adv. In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.

Cu"li*na*ry (k?"l?-n?-r?), a. [L. culinarius, fr. culina kitchen, perh. akin to carbo coal: cf. F. culinare.] Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

Cull (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Culling.] [OE. cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F. cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.

From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden.

Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

Cull, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.

Cul"len*der (k?l"l?n-d?r), n. A strainer. See Colander.

Cull"er (k?l"?r), n. One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.

Cul"let (kŭl"l&ebreve;t), n. [From Cull, v. t. ] Broken glass for remelting.

Cul"let, n. [A dim. from F. cul back.] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).

Cul`li*bil"i*ty (-l?-b?l"?-ty), n. [From cully to trick, cheat.] Gullibility. [R.] Swift.

Cul"li*ble (k?l"l?-b'l), a. Easily deceived; gullible.

Cull"ing (k?l"?ng), n. 1. The act of one who culls.

2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass.

Cul"lion (k?l"y?n), n. [OF. couillon, coillon, F. co&?;on, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon, coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a leather bag, the scrotum.] A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. "Away, base cullions." Shak.

Cul"lion*ly, a. Mean; base. Shak.

Cul"lis (k&?;l"l&?;s), n. [OF. cole´s, F. coulis, fr. OF. & F. couler to strain, to flow, fr. L. colare to filter, strain; cf. LL. coladicium. Cf. Colander.] A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly. [Obs.]

When I am exellent at caudles And cullises . . . you shall be welcome to me. Beau. & Fl.

Cul"lis, n.; pl. Cullises (-&?;z). [F. coulisse groove, fr. the same source as E. cullis broth.] (Arch.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.

Culls (k?lz), n. pl. [From Cull,, v. t.] 1. Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.

2. Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.

Cul"ly (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-l&?;z). [Abbrev. fr. cullion.] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.

I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess. Addison.

Cul"ly, v. t. [See Cully,n., and cf. D. kullen to cheat, gull.] To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. "Tricks to cully fools." Pomfret.

Cul"ly*ism (-?z'm), n. The state of being a cully.

Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism. Spectator.

Culm (kŭlm), n. [L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to calamus. SeeHalm.] (Bot.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

Culm, n. [Perh. from W. cwlm knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: cf. OE. culme smoke, soot.] (Min.) (a) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses. (b) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. Raymond.