Part 2648

<h1>Cuca</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cu"ca</hw> <tt>(k??"k?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. native name.]</ety> <def>See <er>Coca</er>.</def>

<h1>Cucking stool</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"ing stool`</hw> <tt>(k<?/k"<?/ng st<?/<?/l`)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>scealfingst\'d3l</ets>, a word of similar meaning, allied to <ets>scealfor</ets> a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. <ets>coquine</ets> a hussy, slut, jade, f. of <ets>coquin</ets>, OE. <ets>cokin</ets>, a rascal; or cf. Icel. <ets>k<?/ka</ets> to dung, <ets>k<?/kr</ets> dung, the name being given as to a disgracing or infamous punishment.]</ety> <def>A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a <altname>castigatory</altname>, a <altname>tumbrel</altname>, and a <altname>trebuchet</altname>; and often, but not so correctly, a <altname>ducking stool</altname>.</def>

<i>Sir. W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Cuckold</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old</hw> <tt>(k?k"?ld)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kukeweld</ets>, <ets>cokewold</ets>, <ets>cokold</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>coucoul</ets>, <ets>cucuault</ets>, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix <ets>-wold</ets> (see <er>Herald</er>); cf. F. <ets>cocu</ets> a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. <ets>cuculus</ets> a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A West Indian plectognath fish (<spn>Ostracion triqueter</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cowfish.</def>

<h1>Cuckold</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p. <er>Cuckolded</er>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cuckolding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cuckoldize</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old*ize</hw> <tt>(-?z)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cuckold.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Cuckoldly</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cuckoldom</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"ol*dom</hw> <tt>(-?l-d?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Cuckoldry</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old*ry</hw> <tt>(-?ld-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.</def>

<h1>Cuckold's knot</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"old's knot`</hw> <tt>(k?k"?ldz n?t`)</tt>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also <altname>cuckold's neck</altname>.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Cuckoo</h1> <Xpage=353>

<hw>Cuck"oo</hw> <tt>(k??k"??)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>coccou</ets>, <ets>cukkow</ets>, F. <ets>coucou</ets>, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. <ets>cuculus</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, Skr. <ets>k<?/ki<?/a</ets>, G. <ets>kuckuk</ets>, D. <ets>koekoek</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird belonging to <spn>Cuculus</spn>, <spn>Coccyzus</spn>, and several allied genera, of many species.</def>