Part 2661

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is an advocate of culture.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>culturists</b>, by which term I mean not those who esteem culture (as what intelligent man does not<?/) but those its exclusive advocates who recommend it as the panacea for all the ills of humanity, for its effects in cultivating the whole man. <i>J. C. Shairp</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cultus</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"tus</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl</tt>.; E. <plu>pl.<plw>Cultuses</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., cultivation, culture. See <er>Cult</er>.]</ety> <def>Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf.<er>Cult</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Cultus cod</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"tus cod`</hw> <tt>(k?d`)</tt>. <ety>[Chinook <ets>cultus</ets> of little worth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cod</er>, and <i>Buffalo cod</i>, under <er>Buffalo</er>.</def>

<h1>Culver</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver</hw> <tt>(k?"v?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>culfre</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>columba</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dove.</def> "<i>Culver</i> in the falcon's fist."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Culver</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <er>Culverin</er>.]</ety> <def>A culverin.</def>

<blockquote>Falcon and <b>culver</b> on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Culverhouse</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver*house`</hw> <tt>(-hous`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dovecote.</def>

<h1>Culverin</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver*in</hw> <tt>(k?l"v?r-?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>coulevrine</ets>, prop. fem. of <ets>couleuvrin</ets> like a serpent, fr. <ets>couleuvre</ets> adder, fr. L. <ets>coluber</ets>, <ets>colubra</ets>.]</ety> <def>A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.</def>

<blockquote>Trump, and drum, and roaring <b>culverin</b>. <i>Mac<?/ulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Culverkey</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver*key`</hw> <tt>(-k?`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (<spn>Scilla nutans</spn>).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A girl cropping <b>culverkeys</b> and cowslips to make garlands. <i>Walton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Culvert</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"vert</hw> <tt>(k?l"v?rt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from OF. <ets>coulouere</ets>, F. <ets>couloir</ets>, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. <ets>couler</ets> to flow. See <er>Cullis</er>.]</ety> <def>A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.</def>

<h1>Culvertail</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver*tail`</hw> <tt>(k?l"v?r-t?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>Dovetail.</def>

<h1>Culvertailed</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"ver*tailed`</hw> <tt>(-t?ld`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.</def>