pos>n. [ F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr. colere to cultivate. Cf. Cultus. ]
Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
n. [ L. ] A colter. See Colter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Cultirostres. ] (Zool.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill. ] (Zool.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. cultivable. ] Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Cultivable. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.