n. [ OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. ] 1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cuckolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding. ] To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cuckold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. Same as Cola, Cola nut. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Ethnol.) An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindustan. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Kolarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound. ] Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Russian, concatenated from kollektivnoye khozyaistvo, collective farm. ] A collective farm owned by the communist state, in the former USSR. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a member of a kolkhoz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A Chinese genus having only one species, the beauty bush.
Syn. -- genus Kolkwitzia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ From Russ. kalyushka piece of wood (worn in the nether lip). ] Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of North American Indians comprising the Tlinkit tribes of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska and adjacent coast lands. Their language bears some affinity to Mexican tongues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Raskolniki r Raskolniks /plu>. [ Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent. ] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20, 000, 000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2, 000, 000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. “Most obnoxious.” the
Judaizers; the
Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the
Dukhobortsy, or
Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the
Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the
Skoptsy, who practice castration; and a section of the
Bezpopovtsy, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. “Obnoxious:” the
Bezpopovtsy, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. “Least obnoxious:” the
Popovtsy, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only. [ Written also rascolnik. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. (Min.) See Scolecite. [ 1913 Webster ]