Part 2667

<hw>Cun"ning</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cunnung</ets> trial, or Icel. <ets>kunnandi</ets> knowledge. See <er>Cunning</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Let my right hand forget her <b>cunning</b>. <i>Ps. cxxxvii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A carpenter's desert Stands more in <b>cunning</b> than in power. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.</def>

<blockquote>Discourage <b>cunning</b> in a child; <b>cunning</b> is the ape of wisdom. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We take <b>cunning</b> for a sinister or crooked wisdom. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cunningly</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cun"ning*ly</hw> <tt>(k?n"n?ng-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cunning manner; with cunning.</def>

<h1>Cunningman</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cun"ning*man`</hw> <tt>(-m?n`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Cunningness</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cun"ning*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being cunning; craft.</def>

<h1>Cup</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cup</hw> <tt>(k?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cuppe</ets>, LL. <ets>cuppa</ets> cup; cf. L. <ets>cupa</ets> tub, cask; cf. also Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ hut, Skr. <ets>k<?/pa</ets> pit, hollow, OSlav. <ets>kupa</ets> cup. Cf. <er>Coop</er>, <er>Cupola</er>, <er>Cowl</er> a water vessel, and <er>Cob</er>, <er>Coif</er>, <er>Cop</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; <as>as, a tin <ex>cup</ex>, a silver <ex>cup</ex>, a wine <ex>cup</ex></as>; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.</def>

<blockquote>Give me a <b>cup</b> of sack, boy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.</def>

<blockquote>Thence from <b>cups</b> to civil broils. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.</def>

<blockquote>O my Father, if it be possible, let this <b>cup</b> pass from me. <i>Matt. xxvi. 39.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Anything shaped like a cup; <as>as, the <ex>cup</ex> of an acorn, or of a flower</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The cowslip's golden <b>cup</b> no more I see. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.</def>

<cs><col>Cup and ball</col>, <cd>a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. <i>Milman</i>.</cd>- <col>Cup and can</col>, <cd>familiar companions.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Dry cup</col>, <col>Wet cup</col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a cup used for <i>dry</i> or <i>wet cupping</i>. See under <er>Cupping</er>.</cd> -- <col>To be in one's cups</col>, <cd>to be drunk.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cup</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cup</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cupped</er> <tt>(k?pt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cupping</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To supply with cups of wine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Cup</b> us, till the world go round. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>