Cush
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cush — cush·ag; cush·at; cush·i·ly; cush·ing s; cush·ion·less; cush·iony; cush·la·mo·chree; ma·cush·la; nam·ay·cush; cush; cush·ion; cush·ite; cush·it·ic; cush·ie; cush·ion·ing; cush·la·me·chree; … English syllables
Cush — • Cush, like the other names of the ethnological table of Genesis, x, is the name of a race, but it has generally been understood to designate also an individual, the progenitor of the nations and tribes known in the ancient world as Cushites… … Catholic encyclopedia
cush´i|ly — cush|y «KUSH ee», adjective, cusi|er, cush|i|est. Informal. soft; comfortable; easy: »a cushy job. Queen Alexandra…recounts her cushy Odyssean upbringing as the only child of a deposed Greek princess (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
cush|y — «KUSH ee», adjective, cusi|er, cush|i|est. Informal. soft; comfortable; easy: »a cushy job. Queen Alexandra…recounts her cushy Odyssean upbringing as the only child of a deposed Greek princess (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
Cush|it|ic — «kuh SHIHT ihk», noun, adjective. –noun. a group of Afro Asiatic languages of Ethiopia and eastern Africa. –adjective. of or having to do with this group of languages. Also, Kushitic. ╂[< Cush] … Useful english dictionary
Cush. — Cush. Cushing s Massachusetts Reports Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations … Law dictionary
Cush — [kush] n. Bible 1. the oldest of Ham s sons 2. the land inhabited by his descendants, thought to be on the W shore of the Red Sea: Gen. 10:8; 1 Chron. 1:10 Cushite adj., n … English World dictionary
cush|at — «KUHSH uht», noun. = ringdove. (Cf. ↑ringdove) ╂[Old English cūscute] … Useful english dictionary
Cush — Black. 1) A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1 Chr. 1:10). From him the land of Cush seems to have derived its name. The question of the precise locality of the land of Cush has given rise to not a… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cush — In the medieval period and even earlier the holder of this name would rarely have been out of a job. Generally recorded in the spellings of Cush, Cuss(e), or even Kiss(e), the derivation is from the Old French Cuisse and referred to the makers of … Surnames reference
cush — /ˈkʊʃ/ (say koosh) phrase all cush, Obsolete Colloquial all right; okay. Also, cush n all, cush n andy. {? backformation from cushy} …
