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Webster's English Dictionary

cue

n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. ()

2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. ()

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. (Shak.)

3. A hint or intimation. ()

Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. (Swift.)

4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. ()

Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. (Shak.)

5. Humor; temper of mind. (Dickens.)

6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards. ()

v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. ()

n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. ()

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Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? (Old Play.)

n. [Sp. cuerpo, fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.] The body. ()

In cuerpo, without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered. ()

Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. (Hudibras.)

n. [Sp.] A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping. ()