Part 2685

<hw>Curs"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wickedness; sin; cursing.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Shrewishness.</def> "My wife's <i>cursedness</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Curser</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curs"er</hw> <tt>(k?rs"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who curses.</def>

<h1>Curship</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"ship</hw> <tt>(k?r"sh?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cur</ets> +<ets>-ship</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being a cur; one who is currish.</def> <mark>[Jocose]</mark>

<blockquote>How durst he, I say, oppose thy <b>curship</b>! <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cursitating</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"si*ta`ting</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?-t?`t?ng)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cursitor</er>.]</ety> <def>Moving about slightly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>H. Bushnell.</i>

<h1>Cursitor</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"si*tor</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?-t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cursitor</ets>, equiv. to L. <ets>cursor</ets>, fr. <ets>cursare</ets> to run hither and thither, fr. <ets>currere</ets> to run. See <er>Current</er>, and cf. <er>Cursor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A courier or runner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Cursitors</i> to and fro."

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng.Law)</fld> <def>An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.</def>

<h1>Cursive</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"sive</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cursivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cursif</ets> See <er>Cursitor</er>.]</ety> <def>Running; flowing.</def>

<cs><col>Cursive hand</col>,<cd>a running handwriting.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cursive</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"sive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A character used in cursive writing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to <i>uncial</i>.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Cursor</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"sor</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a runner. See <er>Cursitor</er>.]</ety> <def>Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.</def>

<h1>Cursorary</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"so*ra*ry</hw> <tt>(-s?-r?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cursory; hasty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>