Part 2669

<blockquote>Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling <b>cupids</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cupidity</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu*pid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(k?-p?d"?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cupidite</ets>, L. <ets>cupiditas</ets>, fr. <ets>cupidus</ets> longing, desiring, fr. <ets>cupere</ets> to long for, desire. See <er>Covet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A passionate desire; love.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness</def>.

<blockquote>With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of <b>cupidity</b> and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Cup"-moss`</hw> <tt>(k?p"m?s`; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of lichen, of the genus <spn>Cladonia</spn>.</def>

<h1>Cupola</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"po*la</hw> <tt>(k?"p?-l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cupolas</plw> <tt>(-l<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[It. <ets>cupola</ets>, LL. <ets>cupula</ets>, <ets>cuppula</ets> (cf. L. <ets>cupula</ets> little tub). fr. <ets>cupa</ets>, <ets>cuppa</ets>, cup; cf. L. <ets>cupa</ets> tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See <er>Cup</er>, and cf.<er>Cupule</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a celing having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called <i>dome</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A revoling shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.</def>

<h1>Cupper</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cup"per</hw> <tt>(k?p"p?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fropm <ets>cup</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who performs the operation of cupping.</def>

<h1>Cupping</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cup"ping</hw> <tt>(k?p"p?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.</def>

<cs><col>Cupping glass</col>, <cd>a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping.</cd> -- <col>Dry cupping</col>, <cd>the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc.</cd> -- <col>Wet cupping</col>, <cd>the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cupreous</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"pre*ous</hw> <tt>(k?"pr?-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cupreus</ets>, fr. <ets>cuprum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.</def>

<h1>Cupric</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"pric</hw> <tt>(k?"pr?k)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cuprum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.</def>

<h1>Cupriferous</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu*prif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(k?-pr?f"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cuprum</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing copper; <as>as, <ex>cupriferous</ex> silver</as>.</def>

<h1>Cuprite</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"prite</hw> <tt>(k?"pr?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.</def>

<h1>Cuproid</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"proid</hw> <tt>(k?"proid)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cuprum</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>(Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.</def>