Part 2658

<h1>Culpe</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Culpe</hw> <tt>(k?lp)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>coulpe</ets>, fr.L.<ets>culpa</ets>.]</ety> <def>Blameworthiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Banished out of the realme . . . without <b>culpe</b>. <i>E. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Culpon</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"pon</hw> <tt>(k?l"p?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Coupon</er>.]</ety> <def>A shered; a fragment; a strip of wood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Culprit</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"prit</hw> <tt>(k?l"pr?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted for <ets>culpate</ets>, fr. Law Latin <ets>culpatus</ets> the accused, <ets>p</ets>. <ets>p</ets>. of L. <ets>culpare</ets> to blame. See <er>Culpable</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One accused of, or ar<?/aigned for, a crime, as before a judge.</def>

<blockquote>An author is in the condition of a <b>culprit</b>; the public are his judges. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One quilty of a fault; a criminal.</def>

<h1>Culrage</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"rage</hw> <tt>(k?l"r?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>culrage</ets>, <ets>culrache</ets>; prob. fr. F. <ets>cul</ets> the buttok + F. & E. <ets>rage</ets>; F. <ets>curage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Smartweed (<spn>Polygonum Hydropiper</spn>).</def>

<h1>Cult</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cult</hw> <tt>(k?lt)</tt> <tt>n .</tt><ety>[F. <ets>culte</ets>, L. <ets>cultus</ets> care, culture, fr. <ets>colere</ets> to cultivate. Cf. <er>Cultus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Attentive care; homage; worship.</def>

<blockquote>Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of. the<b>cult</b> or homage which is due to it. <i>Shaftesbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A system of religious belief and worship.</def>

<blockquote>That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or <b>cult</b> of the religion of Christ. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cultch</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cultch</hw> <tt>(k?lch;224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>cutch</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Culter</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ter</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A colter. See <er>Colter</er>.</def>

<h1>Cultirostral</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul`ti*ros"tral</hw> <tt>(-t?-r?s"tral)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cultirostres</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.</def>

<h1>Cultirostres</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul`ti*ros"tres</hw> <tt>(-tr?z)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>culter</ets> colter of a plow, knife + <ets>rostrum</ets> bill.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.</def>

<h1>Cultivable</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ti*va*ble</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?-v?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cultivable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being cultivated or tilled.</def>

<i>Todd.</i>