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Cush
Ancient country, Nubia region of the Nile River valley. In the 2nd millennium BC it was subject to Egypt. In the 8th cent. BC its King Piankhi invaded and conquered Egypt. It was ruled from 716 BC by Piankhi's brother Shabaka, who also invaded Egypt, and set up the 25th dynasty; he subsequently made Memphis his capital. In the early 6th cent. BC the Cushite kingdom's capital was transferred to Mero\u00eb , where the Cushites ruled for another 900 years.


cusk
Long-bodied food fish (Brosme brosme) of the cod family, found along the bottom in deep, offshore waters on either side of the N. Atlantic. It is a small-scaled fish with a large mouth and a barbel (fleshy feeler) on its chin. It has one dorsal and one anal fin, both long and both connected to the rounded tail. It may grow about 3-3.5 ft (90-110 cm) long. It varies from yellowish or brownish to a slaty color and when young may be vertically barred with yellow.


cusp
In architecture, the intersection of lobed or scalloped forms, particularly in arches (cusped arches) and tracery. Thus the three lobes of a trefoil (cloverleaf form) are separated by three cusps. Cusped forms appear in early Islamic work and were especially common in the Moorish architecture of N. Africa and Spain. The form was adopted wholeheartedly by European Gothic architecture.


SCSI
Type of standard interface used to connect peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. Because all SCSI hardware devices and software drivers must meet the SCSI standard, this means that all SCSI-compliant equipment (both computers and devices) can work together, sometimes daisy-chained together.


acorn
Nut of the oak. Acorns are usually seated in or surrounded by a woody cupule. They mature within one to two seasons, and their appearance varies depending on the species of oak. Acorns provide food for small game animals and are used to fatten swine and poultry.


Acre
Seaport city (pop., 1993 est.: 44,000), NW Israel on the Mediterranean coast. First mentioned in an Egyptian text from the 19th cent. BC, it was ruled by Egyptians, Romans, Persians, and Arabs; under Phoenician rule it was called Ptolemais. It was a Syrian town under the Seljuq Turks when the crusaders captured it in 1104; the Crusaders renamed the city St. Jean d'Acre and made it their last capital (see Crusades). Except for brief intervals, it was under the rule of Ottoman Turks from 1516 until British forces took it in 1918. It was part of Palestine under the British mandate and became part of Israel in 1948. Notable structures include the Great Mosque and the Crypt of St. John.


Acta
(Latin: "Acts") In ancient Rome, the daily minutes of public business and a record of political and social events. Julius Caesar in 59 BC ordered that the Senate's daily doings (acta diurna, commentaria Senatus) be made ...

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