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2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

Cul"rage (kŭl"r&asl;j), n. [OE. culrage, culrache; prob. fr. F. cul the buttok + F. & E. rage; F. curage.] (Bot.) Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).

Cult (kŭlt) n .[F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr. colere to cultivate. Cf. Cultus.] 1. Attentive care; homage; worship.

Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury.

2. A system of religious belief and worship.

That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. Coleridge.

Cultch (kŭlch; 224), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. [Also written cutch.]

Cul"ter (kŭl"t&etilde;r), n. [L.] A colter. See Colter.

Cul`ti*ros"tral (-t&ibreve;*r&obreve;s"tral), a. [See Cultirostres.] (Zo÷l.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.

||Cul`ti*ros"tres (-trēz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zo÷l.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.

Cul"ti*va*ble (k?l"t?-v?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. cultivable.] Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.

Cul"ti*va`ta*ble (k?l"t?-v?`t?-b'l), a. Cultivable.

Cul"ti*vate (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`- t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.] 1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth.

3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke.

4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison.

The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson.

5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Cul`ti*va"tion (k?l`t?-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cultivation.] 1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.

3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.

Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians. Hallam.

Cul"ti*va`tor (k?l"t?-v?`t?r), n. [Cf. F. cultivateur.]

1. One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.

2. An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.