Part 2671

<h1>Curarine</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"ra*rine</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-r?n &or; k?-r?"r?n; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the <spn>Strychnos toxifera</spn>. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.</def>

<h1>Curarize</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"ra*rize</hw> <tt>(-r?z)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To poison with curare.</def>

<h1>Curassow</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu*ras"sow</hw> <tt>(k?-r?s"s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name in Brazil.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera <spn>Crax</spn>, <spn>Ourax</spn>, etc., of the family <spn>Cracid\'91</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; The crested curassow (<spn>Crax alector</spn>) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (<spn>Ourax Pauxi</spn>) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.</note>

<h1>Curat</h1> <Xpage=356>

<hw>Cu"rat</hw> <tt>(k?"r?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See<er>Cuirass</er>.]</ety> <def>A cuirass or breastplate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<h1>Curate</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu"rate</hw> <tt>(k?"r?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>curatus</ets>, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. <ets>cura</ets>) of souls. See <er>Cure</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Cur<?/</er>]</ety> <def>One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar</def>

<i>Hook.</i>

<blockquote>All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for <b>curate</b> he had none. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curateship</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu"rate*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A curacy.</def>

<h1>Curation</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(k?-r?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF.<ets>curacion</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cure; healing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Curative</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"a*tive</hw> <tt>(k?r"?-t?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F.<ets>curatif</ets>. See <er>Cure</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Curator</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu*ra"tor</hw> <tt>(k?-r?"t?r)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>curare</ets> to take care of, fr. <ets>cura</ets> care.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.</def>

<h1>Curatorship</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu*ra"tor*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a curator.</def>