Part 2647

<h1>Cubile</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu*bi"le</hw> <tt>(k?-b?"l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., bed.]</ety> <def>The lowest course of stones in a building.</def>

<h1>Cubilose</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"bi*lose`</hw> <tt>(k?"b?-l?s`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cubile</ets> bed, nest.]</ety> <def>A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.</def>

<h1>Cubit</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"bit</hw> <tt>(k?"b?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cubitum</ets>, <ets>cubitus</ets>; elbow, ell, cubit, fr. (because the elbow serves fo<?/ <?/<?/aning upon) <ets>cubare</ets> to lie down, recline; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ elbow, <?/<?/<?/<?/ to bend, stoop, <?/<?/<?/<?/ bent, stooping, humbacked. Cf. <er>Incumbent</er>, <er>Covey</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.</def>

<note>&hand; The cubit varies in length in different countries, the Roman cubit being 17,47 inches, the Greek 18,20, the Hebrew somewhat longer, and the English 18 inches.</note>

<h1>Cubital</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"bit*al</hw> <tt>(k?"b?t-a]/>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cubitalis</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; <as>as, the <ex>cubital</ex> nerve; the <ex>cubital</ex> artery; the <ex>cubital</ex> muscle.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the length of a cubit.</def>

<i>Sir. T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Cubital</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"bit*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Cubited</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"bit*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the measure of a cubit.</def>

<h1>Cubless</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cub"less</hw> <tt>(k?b"l?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no cubs.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Cuboid</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"boid</hw> <tt>(k?"boid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cube</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Cube-shaped, or nearly so; <as>as, the <ex>cuboid</ex> bone of the foot</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.</def></def2>

<h1>Cuboidal</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu*boid"al</hw> <tt>(k?-boid"<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Cuboid.</def>

<h1>Cubo-octahedral</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu`bo-oc`ta*he"dral</hw> <tt>(k?`b?-?k`t?-h?dr<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron.</def>

<h1>Cubo-octahedron</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu`bo-oc`ta*he"dron</hw> <tt>(-dr?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.</def>