Part 2662

<h1>Cumacea</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cu*ma"ce*a</hw> <tt>(k?-m?"sh?-? or -s?-?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.</def>

<h1>Cumbent</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"bent</hw> <tt>(k?m"bent)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Recumbent</er>, <er>Covey</er>.]</ety> <def>Lying down; recumbent.</def>

<i>J. Dyer.</i>

<h1>Cumber</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"ber</hw> <tt>(k?m"b?r)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cumbered</er> <tt>(-b?rd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cumbering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>combren</ets>, <ets>cumbren</ets>,OF. <ets>combrer</ets> to hinder, from LL. <ets>cumbrus</ets> a heap, fr. L. <ets>cumulus</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets><?/<?/</ets> to increase, grow strong. Cf. <er>Cumulate</er>.]</ety> <def>To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.</def>

<blockquote>Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but <b>cumber</b> and retard his flight? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Martha was <b>cumbered</b> about much serving. <i>Luke x. 40.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cut it down; why <b>cumbereth</b> it the ground? <i> Luke xiii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but <b>cumbers</b> the memory. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cumber</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"ber</hw> <tt>(k?m"b?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>encombre</ets> hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,<tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>Trouble; embarrassment; distress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>comber</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>A place of much distraction and <b>cumber</b>. <i> Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sage counsel in <b>cumber</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cumbersome</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"ber*some</hw> <tt>(k<?/m"b<?/r-s<?/m)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.</def>

<blockquote>To perform a <b>cumbersome</b> obedience. <i>Sir. P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not easily managed; <as>as, a <ex>cumbersome</ex> contrivance or machine</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, <b>cumbersome</b>, circuitous. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cum"ber*some*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Cum"ber*some*ness</wf>,<tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Cumbrance</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"brance</hw> <tt>(k?m"br<it>a</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Encumbrance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's <b>cumbrance</b>, if not snare. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cumbrian</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cum"bri*an</hw> <tt>(k?m"br?-a]/>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.</def>

<cs><col>Cumbrian system</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the <i>Cambrian</i> or <i>Silurian</i> system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cumbrous</h1> <Xpage=355>