CUSPIS
Cus"pis (ks"ps), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A point; a sharp end.
CUSSEDNESS
Cuss"ed*ness, n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.]
Defn: Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
In her opinion it was all pure "cussedness."
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call
"cussedness").
James Bryce.
CUSTARD Cus"tard (ks"trd), n. Etym: [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.]
Defn: A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. — Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.
CUSTODE
Cus"tode (ks"td), n. Etym: [F. or It. custode, fr. L. custos, -odis.]
Defn: See Custodian.