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Cul"ver*key` (-k?`), n.
1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash
tree. Wright.

2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the
columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).
[Obs.]

A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to
make garlands.

Walton.

Cul"vert (k?l"v?rt), n. [Prob. from
OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter,
gallery, fr. couler to flow. See Cullis.] A
transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad,
canal, etc.; a small bridge.

Cul"ver*tail` (k?l"v?r-t?l`), n.
(Carp.) Dovetail.

Cul"ver*tailed` (-t?ld`), a.
United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

||Cu*ma"ce*a (k?-m?"sh?-? or -s?-?), n.
pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An order of marine
Crustacea, mostly of small size.

Cum"bent (k?m"bent), a. [Cf.
Recumbent, Covey.] Lying down;
recumbent. J. Dyer.

Cum"ber (k?m"b?r), v. t.
[imp.


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