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Cus"tom*a*ri*ly (-&asl;*r&ibreve;*l&ybreve;), adv. In a customary manner; habitually.

Cus"tom*a*ri*ness, n. Quality of being customary.

Cus"tom*a*ry (kŭs"tŭm*&asl;*r&ybreve;), a. [CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer.]

1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak.

A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

2. (Law) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

Cus"tom*a*ry, n. [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.] A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. Cowell.

Cus"tom*er (kŭs"tŭm*&etilde;r), n. [A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom.]

1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.]

The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. Hakluyt.

2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.

He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank. J. A. H. Murray.

4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.

5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] Shak.

Cus"tom*house" (-hous`), n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.

Customhouse broker, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

||Cus"tos (kŭs"t&obreve;s), n.; pl. Custodes (kŭs*tō"dēz). [L.] A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.]

Custos rotulorum (r&obreve;t`&usl;*lō"rŭm) [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

Cus"trel (kŭs"trel), n. [OF. coustillier. See Coistril.] An armor-bearer to a knight. [Obs.]

Cus"trel, n. See Costrel. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Cus"tu*ma*ry (-t&usl;*m&asl;*r&ybreve;), a. See Customary. [Obs.]

Cut (kŭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.] 1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak.

Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8