See also:

• CUSP (Lat. cuspis, a spear, point)

CUSP (See also:

• LAT

Lat. cuspis, a See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear, point)  , a projecting point, or pointed end . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture (Fr. feuille, Ital. cuspide, Ger . Knopfe), a See also:

• CUSP (Lat. cuspis, a spear, point)

cusp is the point where the foliations of See also:

• TRACERY

tracery intersect . The earliest example of a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain cusp is probably that at See also:

• PYTHAGORAS
• PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.)

Pythagoras school, at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge,—of an ornamented cusp at See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, where a small See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll, with a rosette at the end, is formed at the termination of a cusp . In the later styles the terminations of the cusps were more richly decorated; they also sometimes terminate not only in leaves or foliages, but in rosettes, heads and other fanciful ornaments . The See also:

• TERM

term " feathering " is used of the junction of the foliated cusps in window tracery, but is usually restricted to those cases where it is ornamented with foliage, &c . CUSTARD' See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

APPLE, a name applied to the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of various See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus Anona, natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Anonaceae . The members of this genus are shrubs or small trees having alternate, exstipulate leaves, and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers with three small sepals, six petals arranged in a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row and numerous stamens . The fruit of A. reticulata, the See also:

• COMMON

common custard apple, or " See also:

• BULLOCK, WILLIAM (c. 1657-c. 1740)

bullock's See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart " of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, is dark See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and marked with depressions, which give it a quilted See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance; its pulp is reddish-yellow, sweetish and very soft (whence the name); the kernels of the seeds are said to be poisonous . The sour-sop is the fruit of A. muricata, native of the West Indies . The plant, which is a small See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, has become naturalized in some parts of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India where it is extensively cultivated, as elsewhere in the tropics . It is covered with soft prickles, is of a See also:

• LIGHT

light-greenish See also:

• HUE

hue, and has a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar but agreeable sour See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, and a See also:

• SCENT

scent resembling that of See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black currants .

The sweet-sop is produced by A. squamosa, also a native of the West Indies and widely cultivated 1 The term " custard," now given to a dish made with eggs beaten up with See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk, &c., and either served in liquid See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form or baked to a stiff consistency, originally denoted a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of open See also:

• PIE

pie . It represents the older form " crustade," Fr. croustade, Ital. crostata, from crostare, to encrust . in the tropics . It is known as the custard apple by Europeans in India . It is an See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg-shaped fruit, with a thick rind and luscious pulp . An acrid principle, fatal to See also:

• INSECTS

insects, is contained in its seeds, leaves and unripe fruits, which, powdered and mixed with the See also:

• FLOUR

flour of See also:

• GRAM

gram (Cicer arietinum), are used to destroy See also:

• VERMIN (Fr. vermine, formed as if from Lat. verminus, vcrmis, a worm)

vermin . A . Cherimolia yield the Peruvian cherimoyer, which is held to be a fruit of very See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior flavour, and is much esteemed by the creoles . A. palustris, See also:

• ALLIGATOR (Spanish el lagarto, " the lizard ")

alligator apple, or See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, a native of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America and the West Indies, is valued for its wood, which serves the same purposes as cork; the fruit, commonly known as the alligator-apple, is not eaten, being reputed to contain a dangerous narcotic principle .