n. [ F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cube, a cubical die. ]
Cube ore (Min.),
Cube root. (Math.),
Cube spar (Min.),
v. t.
n. [ F. cubèbe (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kabābat. ] The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in (Med.), Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs;
n. A mathematical object existing in more than three dimensions, analogous to the cube in that each two-dimensional facet of the surface is a square; a generalization of a cube in more than three dimensions. [ PJC ]
v. t. To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]