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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.</def>

<h1>Cully</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul"ly</hw> <tt>(k?l"l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cullies</plw> <tt>(-l<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>cullion</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.</def>

<blockquote>I have learned that . . . I am not the first <b>cully</b> whom she has passed upon for a countess. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cully</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul"ly</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cully</er>,<tt>n.</tt>, and cf. D. <ets>kullen</ets> to cheat, gull.]</ety> <def>To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.</def> "Tricks to <i>cully</i> fools."

<i>Pomfret.</i>

<h1>Cullyism</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul"ly*ism</hw> <tt>(-?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a cully.</def>

<blockquote>Less frequent instances of eminent <b>cullyism</b>. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cul</</</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul<?/<?/</hw> <tt>(k?lm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>culmus</ets> stark, stem; akin to <ets>colasmus</ets>. See<er>Halm</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.</def>

<h1>Culm</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Culm</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from W. <ets>cwlm</ets> knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: cf. OE. <ets>culme</ets> smoke, soot.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel.</def>

<i> Raymond.</i>

<h1>Culmen</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul"men</hw> <tt>(k?l"m?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>cellere</ets> (in comp.) to impel; cf. <ets>celsus</ets> pushed upward, lofty.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Top; summit; acme.</def>

<i>R. North.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.</def>

<h1>Culmiferous</h1> <Xpage=354>

<hw>Cul*mif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(k?l-m?f"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>culmus</ets> stalk or stem + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>culmif<?/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having jointed stems or culms.</def>

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<h1>Culmiferous</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul*mif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(k?l-m?f"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><ety>[2d <ets>culm + -ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.</def>

<h1>Culminal</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"mi*nal</hw> <tt>(k?l"m?-nal)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a culmen.</def>

<h1>Culminant</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(-n<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>