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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUB, n.
1. The young of certain quadrupeds, as the bear and the fox; a puppy; a whelp. Waller uses the word for the young of the whale.
2. A young boy or girl, in contempt.
CUB, n. A stall for cattle. [Not in use.]
CUB, v.t. To bring forth a cub, or cubs. In contempt, to bring forth young, as a woman.
CUB, v.t. To shut up or confine. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub, greenhorn, rookie]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: cub, young carnivore] v
1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably akin to Middle English cobbe leader of a group, head — more at cob Date: 1530 1. a. a young carnivorous mammal (as a bear, fox, or lion) b. a young shark 2. a young person 3. apprentice; especially an inexperienced newspaper reporter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the young of a fox, bear, lion, etc. 2 an ill-mannered young man. 3 (Cub) (in full Cub Scout) a member of the junior branch of the Scout Association. 4 (in full cub reporter) colloq. a young or inexperienced newspaper reporter. 5 US an apprentice. --v.tr. (cubbed, cubbing) (also absol.) give birth to (cubs). Derivatives: cubhood n. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cub Cub (k[u^]b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.] 1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. 2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cub Cub, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (k[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubbing.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. ``Cubb'd in a cabin.'' --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cub Cub, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.] 1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cub Cub, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cubs) Note: The spelling 'Cub' is also used for meanings 2 and 3. 1. A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear. ...three five-week-old lion cubs. N-COUNT: oft n N 2. The Cubs or the Cub Scouts is a version of the Scouts for boys between the ages of eight and ten. N-PROPER-COLL: the N 3. A cub or a cub scout is a boy who is a member of the Cubs. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kub (kubh; the King James Version Chub): The word occurs only in Eze 30:5. There it is almost certainly a corruption, and we should read, as in Septuagint, "Lub," i.e. Libya. Libya, in the earlier part of the same verse (the King James Version), is a mistr of "Put," thus correctly rendered in the Revised Version (British and American).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Whelp, young beast (especially a young bear). 2. [In contempt.] Child, young boy or young girl, brat.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

An unlicked cub; an unformed, ill-educated young man, a young nobleman or gentleman on his travels: an allusion to the story of the bear, said to bring its cub into form by licking. Also, a new gamester.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	CUB
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASO
FAA District	ATL
State	SC
State	SOUTH CAROLINA
County	RICHLAND
County State	SC
City Name	COLUMBIA
Full Name	COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"COLUMBIA, SC 29202"
Elevation	193
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	ATLANTA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	S
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	Y
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	094
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	023
Based Helicopters	001
Air Taxi	003500
General Aviation, Local Operations	029500
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	022000
Military Aircraft Operations	001000
Latitude	33.9704722222
Longitude	-80.9952500000
State FIPS code	45
State Postal Code	SC
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	20
Version	09

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