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Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), 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.
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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.
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When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
--Shak.
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3. A hint or intimation.
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Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two
lines as he leaves the house. --Swift.
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4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
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Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter. --Shak.
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5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing
billiards.
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Cue \Cue\, v. t.
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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Cue \Cue\, 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.]
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Note: 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.
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Hast thou worn
Gowns in the university, tossed logic,
Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play.
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