[Cunctator], a name given to Fabius Maximus on account of the tantalising tactics he adopted to wear out his adversary Hannibal.
[Cune`iform], an epithet applied to the wedge-shaped characters in which the Assyrian and other ancient monumental inscriptions are written.
[Cunningham, Allan], poet and man of letters, born in the parish of Keir, Dumfriesshire; bred to the mason craft, but devoted his leisure hours to study and the composition of Scottish ballads, which, when published, gained him the notice of Sir Walter Scott; in 1810 he went to London, where he wrote for periodicals, and obtained employment as assistant to Chantrey the sculptor, in which post he found leisure to cultivate his literary proclivities, collating and editing tales and songs, editing Burns with a Life, and writing the Lives of famous artists, and died in London; "a pliant, Naturmensch," Carlyle found him to be, "with no principles or creed that he could see, but excellent old habits of character" (1784-1842).
[Cunningham, Peter], son of the preceding, author of the "Life of Drummond of Hawthornden," "Handbook of London," &c. (1816-1867).
[Cunningham, William], a Scotch divine, born in Hamilton, well read in the Reformation and Puritan theology, a vigorous defender of Scottish orthodoxy, and a stanch upholder of the independence of the Church of State control; was a powerful debater, and a host in any controversy in which he embarked (1805-1861).
[Cupid], or Amor, the god of love, viewed as a chubby little boy, armed with bow and arrows, and often with eyes bandaged.
[Cupid and Psyche], an allegorical representation of the trials of the soul on its way to the perfection of bliss, being an episode in the "Golden Ass" of Apuleius. See [Psyche].
[Curaça`o] (26), one of Antilles, in the West Indies, belonging to the Dutch, 36 m. long by about 8 broad; yields, along with other West Indian products, an orange from the peel of which a liqueur is made in Holland.
[Curé of Meudon], Rabelais.
[Cure`tes], priests of Cybele, in Crete, whose rites were celebrated with clashing of cymbals.