1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
To perform a cumbersome obedience.
Sir. P. Sidney.
2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous.
I. Taylor.
— Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. — Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
Cumbrance
(Cum"brance) n. Encumbrance. [Obs.]
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,
The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare.
Milton.
Cumbrian
(Cum"bri*an) a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
Cumbrian system (Geol.),
the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or
Silurian system; — so called because most prominent at Cumberland.
Cumbrous
(Cum"brous) a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.
Swift.
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively.
De Quincey.
2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
A clud of cumbrous gnats.
Spenser.
— Cum"brous*ly, adv. — Cum"brous*ness, n.
Cumene
(Cu"mene) n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained
by the distillation of cuminic acid; — called also cumol.
Cumfrey
(Cum"frey) n. (Bot.) See Comfrey.
Cumic
(Cu"mic) a. (Chem.) See Cuming.
Cumidine
(Cu"mi*dine) n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7. C6H4.NH2,
homologous with aniline.
Cumin
(Cum"in) n. [OE. comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kammn,
Heb. kammn; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. Kummel.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat
resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with
an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.]
Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes.
Spenser.
Black cumin (Bot.),
a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.
Cuminic
(Cu*min"ic) a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid.
Cuminic acid (Chem.),
white crystalline substance, C3H7. C6H4.CO2H, obtained from oil of caraway.
Cuminil
(Cu"mi*nil) n . A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.