*cub*

n. [ See Arbalist. ] A crossbow. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister. ] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Arquebus. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of concubinage. [ Obs. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concubinalis. ] Of or pertaining to concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Concubinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. concubinarius. ] Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Concubinaries One who lives in concubinage. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concubinatus. ] Concubinage. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit. ] 1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound. ] 1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be
When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Cubbed (kŭbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubbing. ] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. “Cubb'd in a cabin.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cub a young animal. ] 1. A stall for cattle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cupboard. [ Obs. ] Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shut up or confine. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. a country on the island of Cuba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the largest island in the West Indies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Cuba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cubatio, fr. cubare to lie down. ] The act of lying down; a reclining. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cubator he who lies down, fr. cubare. ] Lying down; recumbent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cubus cube: cf. F. cubature. See Cube. ] The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Cub a stall. ] A snug or confined or secluded place; a small room or a snug space within a room.
Syn. -- snuggery, snug. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. a small compartment.
Syn. -- pigeonhole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Sucked by cubs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cube, a cubical die. ] 1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cube ore (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color. --
Cube root. (Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27. --
Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cubed p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing. ] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cubèbe (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kabābat. ] The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in (Med.), Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a cub. [ Jocose ] “From cubhood to old age.” W. B. Dawkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) A curve of the third degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Circular cubic. See under Circular. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. cubicus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. cubique. See Cube. ] 1. Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cubic equation, an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a cube. --
Cubic foot, a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions. --
Cubic number, a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product again by the same number. See Cube. --
Cubical parabola (Geom.), two curves of the third degree, one plane, and one on space of three dimensions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Shaped like or approximately like a cube.
Syn. -- cubelike, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a cubical method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cubical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cubiculum. ] A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cubicularis, fr. cubiculum a sleeping room, fr. cubare to lie down. ] Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the form of a cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., bed. ] The lowest course of stones in a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cubile bed, nest. ] A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Painting) A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). -- Cu"bist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L. cubitum, cubitus; elbow, ell, cubit, fr. (because the elbow serves for leaning upon) cubare to lie down, recline; cf. Gr. ky`biton elbow, ky`ptein to bend, stoop, kyfo`s bent, stooping, humpbacked. Cf. Incumbent, Covey. ] 1. (Anat.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cubit varies in length in different countries, the Roman cubit being 17.47 inches, the Greek 18.20, the Hebrew somewhat longer, and the English 18 inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cubitalis. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the length of a cubit. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the measure of a cubit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no cubs. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Anat.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Cuboid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]