‖ cuspis
(ˈkʌspɪs)
Pl. cuspides (-ɪdiːz).
[L.]
= cusp, q.v., in various senses.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 60 [The magnetized] Needle..will obvert or turne aside its lyllie or North point, and conforme its cuspis or South extreme unto the andiron. 1647 H. More Song of Soul ii. App. vii, The Cuspis of the Cone. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxxi. 475 Vallisneria has a cuspis on each petal. |