Part 2693

<h1>Cuskin</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"kin</hw> <tt>(k?s"k?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of drinking cup.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cusp</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cusp</hw> <tt>(k?sp)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cuspis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, point, pointed end.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron)</fld> <def>The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sharp and rigid point.</def>

<h1>Cusp</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cusp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cusped</er> <tt>(k?spt)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cusping</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To furnish with a cusp or cusps.</def>

<h1>Cuspated</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pa*ted</hw> <tt>(k?s"p?-t?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ending in a point.</def>

<h1>Cuspid</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pid</hw> <tt>(k?s"p?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cusp</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See <er>Tooth</er>.</def>

<h1>Cuspidal</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pi*dal</hw> <tt>(-p?-d<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>cuspis</ets>, <ets>cuspidis</ets>. See <er>Cusp</er>.]</ety> <def>Ending in a point.</def>

<h1>Cuspidate</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pi*date</hw> <tt>(-d?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make pointed or sharp.</def>

<h1>Cuspidate ksp-dt, Cuspidated</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw><hw>Cus"pi*date</hw> <tt>(k?s"p?-d?t)</tt>, <hw>Cus"pi*da`ted</hw> <tt>(-d?`t?d)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cuspidatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>cuspidare</ets> to make pointed, fr. <ets>cuspis</ets>. See <er>Cusp</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; <as>as, a <ex>cuspidate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Cuspidor</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pi*dor</hw> <tt>(-d?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>cuspideria</ets>, fr. <ets>cuspir</ets> to spit.]</ety> <def>Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.</def>

<h1>Cuspis</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"pis</hw> <tt>(k?s"p?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A point; a sharp end.</def>

<h1>Custard</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cus"tard</hw> <tt>(k?s"t?rd)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. the same word as OE. <ets>crustade</ets>, <ets>crustate</ets>, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. <ets>crustatus</ets> covered with a crust, p. p. of <ets>crustare</ets>, fr. <ets>crusta</ets> crust; cf. OF. <ets>croustade</ets> pasty, It. <ets>crostata</ets>, or F. <ets>coutarde</ets>. See <er>Crust</er>, and cf. <er>Crustated</er>.]</ety> <def>A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.</def>