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{ Cur`vi*lin"e*al (-al), Cur`vi*lin"e*ar (-?r), } a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear.] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Cur`vi*lin`e*ar"i*ty (-?r"?-t?), n. The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

Cur`vi*lin"e*ar*ly (-?r-l?), adv. In a curvilinear manner.

Cur"vi*nerved` (-n?rvd`), a. [L. curvus bent + E. nerve. ] (Bot.) Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Cur`vi*ros"tral (-r?s"tral), a. [L. curvus + E. rostral.] (Zo÷l.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.

||Cur"vi*ros"tres (-r?s"tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. curvus curved + rostrum beak, rostrum.] (Zo÷l.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

Cur`vi*se"ri*al (-s?"r?-al), a. [L. curvus bent + E. serial.] (Bot.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

Cur"vi*ty (k?r"v?-y?), n. [L. curvitas, from curvus bent: cf. F. curvitÚ.] The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. Holder.

Cur"vo*graph (k?r"v?-gr?f), n. [L. curvus bent + -graph.] (Geom.) An arcograph.

Cush"at (k??sh"?t), n. [AS. cusceote.] (Zo÷l.) The ringdove or wood pigeon.

Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott.

Cush"ew*bird (k?sh"?-b?rd`), n. (Zo÷l) The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.

2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table.

3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. Halliwell.

Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. -- Cushion star (Zo÷l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. Bolingbroke.

2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

Cush"ion*et (k??sh"?n-?t), n. [OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See Cushion, and cf. Coussinet.] A little cushion.

Cush"ion*less, a. Not furnished with a cushion.

Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews. Hawthorne.

Cush"ion*y (-?), a. Like a cushion; soft; pliable.

A flat and cushiony nose. Dickens.

Cush"ite (k?sh"?t), n. A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.