n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue. ] 1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. [ 1913 Webster ]

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hint or intimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give them [ the servants ] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Humor; temper of mind. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing. ] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast thou worn
Gowns in the university, tossed logic,
Sucked philosophy, eat cues? Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. cuerpo, fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse. ] The body. dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena! (1996) [ 1913 Webster ]

In cuerpo, without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]