. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. d other parts of tlie Eastindies. It is a t^iniiW unrii»e fruit, dried like a pep-per-eorn, hut sonuwhat lonjjer. C have a hot,pun<:;ent, aroinalic, sHj;htly bitter taste, and ai-liaracliristic odor. They should be chosen large,fresh, the heaviest that can be C. liavc been kept long, especially in pow-der, they lose a portion of tlicir volatile oil, onwhich, it appears, their medicinal properties de-pend. They are said to be adulterated with Guineagrains and pimento. C. are imported
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. d other parts of tlie Eastindies. It is a t^iniiW unrii»e fruit, dried like a pep-per-eorn, hut sonuwhat lonjjer. C have a hot,pun<:;ent, aroinalic, sHj;htly bitter taste, and ai-liaracliristic odor. They should be chosen large,fresh, the heaviest that can be C. liavc been kept long, especially in pow-der, they lose a portion of tlicir volatile oil, onwhich, it appears, their medicinal properties de-pend. They are said to be adulterated with Guineagrains and pimento. C. are imported from Bata-via and Canton, and are used in medicine. Cubit, an English measure of lengtli = 18inches. Cuca. See Coca. Cuckoo-Clock, a kind of clock imported fromGermany and Switzerlantl. in wliicli the hours aresounded hy wind i)roceeding thrmigli reeds whichsimulate the voice of the bird after which it isnamed. — Kjii(/ht. Cucumber [Fr. conmmhre; Ger. (itirl-e ; : Port, prpiwo; Sp. rolinmbro], the cool-ing fruit of a well-known annual {Cucumis saticus). Cucurbite, from H.; and Fig. 117. — Laboratorv B, Alembic, or head. S, Condenser, or worm-pipe. of which several varieties are cultivated in thiscountry. It is chiefly used with us as a salad orcondiment; but in Egypt, Syria, and other East-ern countries, where it is grown in fields, it formsa considerable part of the food of the lower classes,especially during summer; and its employmentfor this purpose is repeatedly noticed in Scripture.[Vild 6\, or Squirthiff-gonrd, a perennial (Momor-dica eldtcriiui)), IS a native of the S. of fruit is oblong, about U inches in length, andof a green color; and its juice yields the purga-tive substance known in medicine under the nameof elaterinm. Cucumber-Tree, a name given to the MufjnoJiaacumimitti, because its fruit when grown resemblesa cucumber. It is about .*5 inches long, and nearly1 inch in diameter, and when steeped in whiskiy it
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