CUCULORUM, "taken with a _cuculorum_" (JE352,_d_), the rhyming exigency no doubt influenced the form of the word, but in any case the use is obscure, probably slang now lost. Whether, however, it originated in _cucullus_, a hood, or _cuculus_, a cuckoo (whence cuckold), or whether the word enshrines a play on both, I cannot say. CUMBERLAND, see Respublica. CURIA, etc. (M30,_c_), the proceedings of Manorial Courts were generally headed "_Curia_ generalis tenta ibidem," etc. Mischief, with assumed official authority, means that the document was written in an alehouse (or where ale was plenty) with a sham date. CUSTODITY, "in my _custodity_" (R266,_d_), custody. CUT, "Call me _cut_" (N54,_b_), properly a gelding or any animal with a short or cut tail, and specifically an intensive reproach. The classical illustration to the present passage is, of course, from Shakespeare, "If I tell thee a lie, spit in my face and call me horse" (_1 Hen. IV._, ii. 1). Compare again, "cutted whore" (N66_d_): see other volumes of this series. DAINTY, "men have little _dainty_ of your play" (M13,_b_), _i.e._ little that is agreeable or pleasant, small liking for or delight in. "It was _daynte_ for to see the cheere bitwix hem two."--Chaucer, _Cant._ _Tales_ (1383), 8983. "... and all things which were _dainty_ and goodly are departed from thee, ..."--_Bible_, Auth. Vers. (1611), _Rev._ xviii. 14. DAISY, "leap at a _daisy_" (R243,_c_), be hanged: see _Anon. Plays_, 3 Ser. (E.E.D.S.). DALLIATION, "leave your _dalliation_" (M5,_a_), dallying. DALLY, "quit as a _dally_" (JE365,_b_), what "a tale of titmary tally" (see previous line) or "quit as a _dally_" mean I am unable to discover. The original is, "She helde me with a tale of tytemary tally Tyll my thryfte was gone as quyte as a _dally_." DA PACEM (M31,_d_), literally "give us peace"; here slang for a knife or dagger: cf. modern "Arkansas toothpick" = a bowie knife, "Meat-in-the-pot" = a gun, and similar locutions. DARNEL, see Drawk. DEAMBULATORY (M37,_c_), a covered walk, cloister, ambulatory. DELECTABLE, "my talking _delectable_" (M5,_d_), pleasing, delightful. DELVER (_passim_), delve. DEPARTED, DEPART, (_a_) "how I _departed_ them" (N80,_b_). (_b_) "till death us _depart_" (WS172,_d_), _i.e._ (_a_) left them; (_b_) till death divides, or parts: now corrupted in the Marriage Service into "do part." "We wille _departe_ his clothing."--_Towneley_ _Myst._, p. 228. DESTRUCTIONS, "_destructions_ to 'member in my heart" (R234,_d_), instructions: part of People's mangled English. DETECTED, "ne'er of any crime _detected_" (R183,_b_), possibly here = accused. DEVER, "put me in _dever_" (M24,_d_), duty, service. "Do the _deuer_ that thow hast to done."--_William_ _of Palerne_ (_c._ 1360), 2546.