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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Manner or style of cooking.</def>

<h1>Culasse</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cu`lasse"</hw> <tt>(ku`l?s")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>cul</ets> back.]</ety> <def>The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.</def>

<h1>Culdee</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul*dee"</hw> <tt>(k<?/l-d<?/" &or; k<?/l"d<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[ Prob. fr. Gael.<ets>cuilteach</ets>; cf. Ir. <ets>ceilede</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.</def>

<blockquote>The pure <b>Culdees</b> Were Albyn's earliest priests of God. <i>Campbell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cul-de-sac</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul`-de-sac"</hw> <tt>(ku`de-s?k" &or; kul`de-s?k")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Culs-de-sac</plw> <tt>(ku`- <i>or</i> kulz`-)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[ F., lit., bottom of a bag.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.</def>

<h1>Culerage</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul"er*age</hw> <tt>(k?l"?r-?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Culrage</er>.</def>

<h1>Culex</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cu"lex</hw> <tt>(k?"l?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a gnat.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.</def>

<h1>Culiciform</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cu*lic"i*form</hw> <tt>(k?-l?s"i-f?rm)</tt>. <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>culex</ets> a gnat + <ets>-form</ets>:cf. F. <ets>culiciforme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Gnat-shaped.</def>

<h1>Culinarily</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cu"li*na*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(k?`l?-n?-r?-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.</def>

<h1>Culinary</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cu"li*na*ry</hw> <tt>(k?"l?-n?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>culinarius</ets>, fr. <ets>culina</ets> kitchen, perh. akin to <ets>carbo</ets> coal: cf. F. <ets>culinare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; <as>as, a <ex>culinary</ex> vessel; the <ex>culinary</ex> art.</as></def>

<h1>Cull</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cull</hw> <tt>(k?l)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Culled</er> <tt>(k?ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr.& <?/<?/. n.</tt> <er>Culling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE.<ets><?/ullen</ets>, OF. <ets>cuillir</ets>, <ets>coillir</ets>, F.<ets>cueillir</ets>, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. <ets>colligere</ets>. See <er>Coil</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Collect</er>.]</ety> <def>To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; <as>as, to <ex>cuil</ex> flowers</as>.</def>

<blockquote>From his herd he <b>culls</b>, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whitest honey in fairy gardens <b>culled</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cull</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cull</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cully; a dupe; a gull. See <er>Gully</er>.</def>

<h1>Cullender</h1> <Xpage=354>