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Cursor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Cursorary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Cursory; hasty. [Not in use.]

Cursorary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cursores [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaae.

2. A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

Cursorial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves.

2. Of or pertaining to the Cursores.

Cursorily [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

[ See Cursory .[ In a running or hasty manner; slightly; hastily; without attention; as, I read the paper cursorily

Cursorily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.

Cursoriness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Slight view or attention.

Cursoriness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.

Cursory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Running; hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not with close attention; as a cursory reading; a cursory view.

2. Running about; not stationary.

Cursory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Running about; not stationary.

2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.