Part 2697

<i>Dickens.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A lewd woman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Customhouse</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cus"tom*house"</hw> <tt>(-hous`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.</def>

<cs><col>Customhouse broker</col>, <cd>an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.</cd></cs>

<h1>Custos</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cus"tos</hw> <tt>(k?s"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Custodes</plw> <tt>(k<?/s-t<?/"d<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Custos rotulorum</col> <tt>(r<?/t`<?/-l<?/"r<?/m)</tt> <ety>[LL., keeper of the rolls]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.</cd></cs>

<h1>Custrel</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cus"trel</hw> <tt>(k?s"tr<it>e</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coustillier</ets>. See <er>Coistril</er>.]</ety> <def>An armor-bearer to a knight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Custrel</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cus"trel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Costrel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<h1>Custumary</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cus"tu*ma*ry</hw> <tt>(-t?-m?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Customary</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cut</h1> <Xpage=360>

<hw>Cut</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cut</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cutting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cutten</ets>, <ets>kitten</ets>, <ets>ketten</ets>; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>cwtau</ets> to shorten, curtail, dock, <ets>cwta bobtailed</ets>, <ets>cwt</ets> tail, skirt, Gael. <ets>cutaich</ets> to shorten, curtail, dock, <ets>cutach</ets> short, docked, <ets>cut</ets> a bobtail, piece, Ir. <ets>cut</ets> a short tail, <ets>cutach</ets> bobtailed. Cf. <er>Coot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.</def>

<blockquote>You must <b>cut</b> this flesh from off his breast. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness <b>cut</b> the liquid way. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.</def>

<blockquote>Thy servants can skill to <b>cut</b> timer. <i>2. Chron. ii. 8</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; <as>as, to <ex>cut</ex> the hair; to <ex>cut</ex> the nails.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To castrate or geld; <as>as, to <ex>cut</ex> a horse</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.</def>

<blockquote>Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire <b>cut</b> in alabaster? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Loopholes <b>cut</b> through thickest shade. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; <as>as, sarcasm <ex>cuts</ex> to the quick</as>.</def>