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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cin'der, n.

noun

n. [A-S. sinder, sindor, cinder, dross, Icel. sindur, dross, Sw. sinder, O. H. Ger. sintar, N. H. Ger. sinter, D. sintel, from A-S. sinder, synder, separate, syndrian, to separate; not from Fr. cendre, Lat. cinis, ashes.]

  1. A small particle of matter remaining after combustion, in which fire is extinct; as, a smith’s cinder. Browne.
  2. A small coal, or particle of fire, with ashes; an ember. Swift.
  3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.