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{ Cu"ne*ate (k?"n?-?t), Cu"ne*a`ted (-
?`tEd), } a. [L. cuneatus, fr.
cuneus a wege SeeCoin.] Wedge-shaped;
(Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as,
a cuneate leaf.

Cu`ne*at"ic (k?`n?-?t"?k), a.
Cuneiform. "Cuneatic decipherment."
Sayce.

{ Cu*ne"i*form (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cu"ni*form
(k?"n?-f?rm), } a. [L. cuneus a wedge +
-form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See Coin.]
1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform
bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded
characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See
Arrowheaded.

2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the
ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in
them. "A cuneiform scholar." Rawlinson.

{ Cu*ne"i*form, Cu"ni*form },
n. 1. The wedge-shaped
characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian
inscriptions. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

2. (Anat.) (a) One
of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third
metatarsals.


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