Part 2651

<h1>Cuddle</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cud"dle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A close embrace.</def>

<h1>Cuddy</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cud"dy</hw> <tt>(-d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cudden</er>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A blockhead; a lout.</def>

<i>Hood.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cuddy</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cud"dy</hw> <tt>(k?d"d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. a contraction fr. D. <ets>kajuit</ets> cabin: cf. F.<ets>cahute</ets> hut.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.</def>

<h1>Cuddy</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cud"dy</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot.; cf. Gael. <ets>cudaig</ets>, <ets>cudainn</ets>, or E.<ets>cuttlefish</ets>, or <ets>cod</ets>, <ets>codfish</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>The coalfish (<spn>Pollachius carbonarius</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cudden</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cudgel</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cudg"el</hw> <tt>(k?j"?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kuggel</ets>; cf. G. <ets>keule</ets> club (with a round end), <ets>kugel</ets> ball, or perh. W. <ets>cogyl</ets> cudgel, or D. <ets>cudse</ets>, <ets>kuds</ets>, cudgel.]</ety> <def>A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.</def>

<blockquote>He getteth him a grievous crabtree <b>cudgel</b> and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Cudgel play</col>, <cd>a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.</cd> -- <col>To cross the cudgels</col>, <cd>to forbear or give up the contest; -- a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended.</cd> -- <col>To take up cudgels for</col>, <cd>to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something).</cd></cs>

<h1>Cudgel</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cudg"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cudgeled</er> or <er>Cudgelled</er> <tt>(-<?/ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cudgeling</er> or <er>cudgelling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To beat with a cudgel.</def>

<blockquote>An he here, I would <b>cudgel</b> him like a dog. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To cudgel one's brains</col>, <cd>to exercise one's wits.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cudgeler</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cudg"el*er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who beats with a cudgel.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cudgeller</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cudweed</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cud"weed`</hw> <tt>(k?d"w?d`)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[Apparently fr. <ets>cud</ets>. + <ets>weed</ets>, but perh. a corruption of <ets>cottonweed</ets>; or of <ets>cut weed</ets>, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of <spn>Gnaphalium</spn>, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as <spn>Filago</spn>, <spn>Antennaria</spn>, etc.; cottonweed.</def>

<h1>Cue</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cue</hw> <tt>(k<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[ OF. </ets>coue</ets>, </ets>coe</ets>, F. </ets>queue</ets>, fr. L. </ets>coda</ets>, </ets>cauda</ets>, tail. Cf. <er>Caudal</er>, <er>Coward</er>, <er>Queue</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.</def>

<blockquote>When my <b>cue</b> comes, call me, and I will answer. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>