Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cue"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cue \Cue\, v. t.
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

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.

Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed
logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cue
n 1: an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a
reminder for some action or speech
2: evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: {clue}, {clew}]
3: a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn:
{discriminative stimulus}]
4: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike
a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: {cue stick}, {pool
cue}, {pool stick}]
v : assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
{prompt}, {remind}]

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