[corresponds to F. cuber (1554 in Hatzfeld) and prob. mod.L. cubāre, f. L. cubus CUBE.]

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  1.  Arith. and Alg. To raise (a quantity) to the third power; to find the cube of.

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1588.  Lucar, trans. Tartaglia’s Colloq. Shooting, 62. I did cube those foure ynches … and the cube thereof was 64.

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1765–93.  Blackstone, Comm., I. (ed. 16), 274–5. Superficial measures are derived by squaring those of length; and measures of capacity by cubing them.

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1827.  Hutton, Course Math., I. 8. 83 denotes that the number 8 is to be cubed.

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  2.  Mensuration. To measure or compute the cubic content of.

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1668.  Phil. Trans., III. 686. He Cubeth or measureth either of the Segments of a Parabolical Conoid cut … parallel to the Axis.

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1883.  Pall Mall Gaz., 22 Dec., 1/2. I have counted the inmates, cubed the rooms.

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  3.  To pave with cubes or cubical blocks.

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1887.  Daily News, 22 Oct., 2/4. They declined to cube the roadway beyond the statutory 18 inches outside their tram-lines.

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