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<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hint or intimation.</def>

<blockquote>Give them [the servants] their <b>cue</b> to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.</def>

<blockquote>Were it my <b>cue</b>to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Humor; temper of mind.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.</def>

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<hw>Cue</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.</def>

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<hw>Cue</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>q</ets>, an abbreviation for <ets>quadrans</ets> a farthing.]</ety> <def>A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter </i>q</i> being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion.</note>

<i>Nares.</i>

<blockquote>Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat <b>cues</b>? <i>Old Play.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cuer"po</hw> <tt>(kw?r"p?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>cuerpo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>corpus</ets> body. See <er>Corpse</er>.]</ety> <def>The body.</def>

<cs><col>In cuerpo</col>, <cd>without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Exposed <b>in cuerpo</b> to their rage. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cuff</hw> <tt>(k?f)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p</tt>. <er>Cuffed</er> <tt>(k<?/ft)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Cuffing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>kuffa</ets> to knock, push,<ets>kufva</ets> to check, subdue, and E. <ets>cow</ets>, v. t. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.</def>

<blockquote>I swear I'll <b>cuff</b> you, if you strike again. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And <b>cuffed</b> the tender chickens from their food. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To buffet.</def> "<i>Cuffed</i> by the gale."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

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<hw>Cuff</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fight; to scuffle; to box.</def>

<blockquote>While the peers <b>cuff</b> to make the rabble sport. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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