\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.

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

\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.