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