Part 709

Cum"brous (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.

He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift.

That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]

A clud of cumbrous gnats. Spenser.

-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.

Cu"mene (k?"m?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.

Cum"frey (k?m"fr?), n. (Bot.) See Comfrey.

Cu"mic (k?"m?k), a. (Chem.) See Cuming.

Cu"mi*dine (k?"m?-d?n or -d?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7. C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.

Cum"in (k?m"?n), n. [OE. comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr.&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm&?;n, Heb. kamm&?;n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. Kummel.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.]

Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser.

Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.

Cu*min"ic (k?-m?n"?k), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid.

Cuminic acid (Chem.), white crystalline substance, C3H7. C6H4.CO2H, obtained from oil of caraway.

Cu"mi*nil (k?"m?-n?l), n . A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.

Cu"mi*nol (-n?l), n. [Cuminic + L. oleum.] A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.

Cum"min (k?m"m?n), n. Same as Cumin.

Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.

Cum"shaw (k?m"sha), n. [Chin. kom-tsie.] A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.

Cum"shaw, v. t. To give or make a present to.

Cu"mu-cir`ro-stra"tus (k?`m?-s?r`r?-str?"t?s), n. (Meteor.) Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.

Cu"mu*late (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cumulated (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumulating (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. Woodward.

Cu`mu*la"tion (k?`m?-l?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cumulation.] The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

Cu"mu*la*tist (k?"m?-l?-t?st), n. One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]

Cu"mu*la*tive (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.]

1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. "As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original." Bacon