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9141 Etymology dictionary, p. cross-country (adj.).2
1767, of roads, "lying or directed across fields or open country," from cross- + country, or a shortening of across-country. Of flights, from 1909. As a noun, "outdoor distance running as a sport," by 1956.
9142 Etymology dictionary, p. cross-current (n.).2
"a current running across another," 1590s, from cross- + current (n.).
9143 Etymology dictionary, p. cucumber (n.).2
"common running garden plant," cultivated from earliest times in many Old World countries, also the long, fleshy fruit of the plant, late 14c., cucomer, from Old …
9144 Etymology dictionary, p. curlew (n.).2
… "to run," (from Latin currere "to run, move quickly," from PIE root *kers- "to run"). The bird is a good runner. In Middle English the word sometimes also meant "quail," especially …
9145 Etymology dictionary, p. currency (n.).2
… "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). The notion of "state or fact of flowing from person to person" led to the senses "continuity in public knowledge" (1722) and "that …
9146 Etymology dictionary, p. current (n.).2
… which runs or flows," from Old French corant (Modern French courant ), from Old French corant (see current (adj.)). Meaning "a flowing," especially "portion of a large …
9147 Etymology dictionary, p. current (adj.).2
… , curraunt, "running, flowing, moving along" (a sense now archaic), from Old French corant "running, lively, eager, swift," present participle of corre "to run," from Latin …
9148 Etymology dictionary, p. curricular (adj.).2
1798, "pertaining to driving or carriages;" from Latin curriculum "fast chariot" (from currere "to run, move quickly;" from PIE root *kers- "to run") + -ar. From 1881 in reference to systems of education.
9149 Etymology dictionary, p. curriculum (n.).2
… "a running, course, career" (also "a fast chariot, racing car"), from currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Used in English as a Latin word since 1630s at Scottish …
9150 Etymology dictionary, p. cursive (adj.).2
… cursivus "running," from Latin cursus "a running," from past participle of currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run").
9151 Etymology dictionary, p. cursive (adj.).3
… a running hand" (without raising the pen), originally as opposed to the older uncial hand. Greek cursive writing is attested from 160 B.C.E. An older name for …
9152 Etymology dictionary, p. cursor (n.).2
… ) "a running messenger," from Latin cursor "runner," also "errand-boy," from curs-, past-participle stem of currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). From 1590s as "part …
9153 Etymology dictionary, p. cursory (adj.).2
… or running," from Latin curs-, past-participle stem of currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). The literal sense of "running, not stationary" (c. 1600) is obsolete …
9154 Etymology dictionary, p. cursorial (adj.).2
1824, "fitted for running," from Late Latin cursorius "pertaining to running" (see cursory ) + -al (1). Entomology in a similar sense uses cursorious (by 1829).
9155 Etymology dictionary, p. cut (v.).10
In nautical use to cut a feather (1620s) is to move so fast as to make water foam under the bow. To cut and run (1704) also is originally nautical, "cut cable and set sail immediately," as in an emergency, hence, generally, "to make off suddenly."
9156 Etymology dictionary, p. Danzig.2
… that runs through it, or from Gothic Gutisk-anja "end of the (territory of the) Goths." The spelling (attested from 13c.) in the German form of the name perhaps suggests …
9157 Etymology dictionary, p. dart (v.).2
… and run or move quickly" (like a dart) is from 1610s. Related: Darted; darter; darting .
9158 Etymology dictionary, p. dash (n.).2
… race run in one attempt, not in heats."
9159 Etymology dictionary, p. daylight (n.).2
… . football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The (living) daylights that you beat …
9160 Etymology dictionary, p. dead reckoning (n.).2
… distance run" (without observation of heavenly bodies), 1610s, perhaps from nautical abbreviation ded. ("deduced") in log books, but it also fits dead (adj.) in the …