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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cæ-cū'tien-cy, n. p. 209Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [Rare.] Browne.Cē'dar, n. p. 209(Bot.) A tree of different species of Cupressus, Abies, and Larix. It is an evergreen, and remarkable for the durability of its wood, which has a fragrant odor. The cedar of Lebanon is the Larix…Cē'dar, a. p. 209Of, or pertaining to, cedar; as, a cedar chest.Cē'dar-bird, n. p. 209(Ornith.) A species of chatterer (Ampelis Carolinensis), so named from frequenting cedar trees;—called also American wax-wing. Baird.Cē'dared, a. p. 209Covered, or furnished with, cedars.Cē'darn, a. p. 209Pertaining to the cedar, or made of cedar wood; cedrine. [Rare.] — Milton.Cède, v. t. p. 209To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cède a fortress, a province, or country, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. — Jay.Ce-dīl'īă, n. p. 209A mark placed under the letter c [thus, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s; as in façade.Cē'drat, n. p. 209(Bot.) A species of citron-tree. Tooke.Cē'dre-lā'ceoŭs, a. p. 209(Bot.) Pertaining to a class of trees which includes the cedar-tree of Australia, and the mahogany-tree of the Spanish Main. Smart.Cē'drine, a. p. 209Belonging to cedar.Cē'dary, a. p. 209Having the color or properties of cedar.Cēd'ūle, n. p. 209A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [Obs.] Colgrave.Cĕd'ŭ-ōŭs, a. p. 209Fit to be felled. [Obs.] Evelyn.Cēil, v. t. p. 209To overlay or cover the inner roof of; to line the top or roof of. The greater house he ceiled with fir-tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5.Ceil'ing, n. p. 209(Arch.) The upper, interior surface of an apartment, opposite the floor. Gwilt. 2. (Naut.) The inside planks of a ship.Cēl'an-dīne, n. p. 209(Bot.) A genus of plants belonging to the poppy family (Chelidonium); — called also swallow-wort, said to be so named because it was formerly supposed to flower at the season when the swallows…Cēl'ā-tūre, n. p. 209The act or art of engraving or embossing. 2. That which is engraved. [Obs.] Hakewill.Cĕl'e-brant, n. p. 209One who performs a public religious rite;—applied particularly to the officiating priest in the Roman Catholic church.Cēl'e-brāte, v. t. p. 209To mention with praise or commendation; to extol; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, or by ceremonies of joy and respect; to solemnize; as, to celebrate the…Cēl'e-brā'ted, a. p. 209Having celebrity; distinguished; well known. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay. Syn.—Distinguished; famous; renowned; illustrious. See DISTINGUISHED.Cēl'e-brā'tion, n. p. 209Honor or distinction bestowed, whether by songs, eulogies, rites, or ceremonies; commendation; praise. “His memory deserving a particular celebration.” Clarendon. 2. Commemoration or observance with…Cĕl'e-brā'tor, n. p. 209One who celebrates. Boyle.Ce-lē'bri-oŭs, a. p. 209Famous. [Obs.] Speed.Ce-lē'bri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 209With praise or renown. [Obs.]Ce-lē'brī-oŭs-ness, n. p. 209Fame; renown. [Obs.]Cĕ-lĕb'ri-ty, n. p. 209The condition of being celebrated; distinction or honor conferred; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. “An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy.” Whewell. 2. Celebration.…Ce-lē'ri-ac, n. p. 209A variety of celery;—called also the turnip-rooted celery. See CELERY.Ce-lĕr'-i-ty, n. p. 209Rapidity of motion; swiftness; speed; velocity; quickness. Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.Cēl'er-y, n. p. 209(Bot.) A plant of the parsley family (Apium graveolens), cultivated for use as a salad. London.Ce-lēs'tial, a. p. 209Belonging or relating to the spiritual heaven; heavenly. “Celestial spirits.” “Celestial light.” Milton. 2. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. “The twelve celestial signs.” Shak.Ce-lēs'tial, n. p. 209An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.Ce-lēs'tial-īze, v. t. p. 209To make celestial.Ce-lĕs'tial-ly, adv. p. 209In a celestial, heavenly, or transporting manner.Ce-lēs'ti-fy, v. t. p. 209To communicate something of a heavenly nature to. [Obs.] Browne.Cēl'es-tine, n. p. 209(Min.) Native sulphate of strontian, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. Dana.Cĕl'es-tīne, n. p. 209(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious order in the Roman Catholic church, founded by Celestine V. in the thirteenth century. Hook.Cē'li-ac, a. p. 209Pertaining to the belly. See CŒLIAC.Cĕ-lĭb'a-cy or Cēl'i-ba-cy, n. p. 209The state of an unmarried man; single life, especially that of a bachelor. “The celibacy of the clergy.” Hallam.Cĕl'i-bate, n. p. 209The condition or life of an unmarried man; celibacy. He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection. Boyle. 2. A man who is unmarried…Cĕl'i-bate, a. p. 209Pertaining to a single or unmarried life; as, a celibate state. Logic.Ce-lĭb'a-tĭst, n. p. 209One who remains unmarried; a celibate; a bachelor.Cĕl'i-dōg'ra-phy, n. p. 209A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.Ce-līne', a. p. 209Pertaining, or belonging, to the belly.Cĕll, n. p. 209A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or a monastery. “The heroic confessor in his cell.” Macaulay. 2. Any small, closed cavity, or hollow place. 3. (Arch.) (a.) The inclosed space or…Cĕll, v. t. p. 209To place or inclose in a cell. “Celled under ground.” Warner.Cēl'la, n. p. 209(Arch.) The interior space of a temple. See CELL.Cĕl'lar, n. p. 209A room under a house or other building used as a repository for provisions and other stores.Cĕl'lar-age, n. p. 210The excavation for a cellar; a cellar, or a series of cellars connected. I did step into the cellarage, to see what might be rescued there. W. Scott. Where goats . . . Stood perched on edges of the…Cĕl'lar-er or Cĕl'lar-ist, n. p. 210(Eccl.) (a.) An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. (b.) An officer in chapters who has the care of the temporals, and…Cĕl'la-rĕt', n. p. 210A case of cabinet-work for holding bottles of liquors. Thackeray.Cĕl'lar-oŭs, a. p. 210Belonging to a cellar; subterranean; excavated; sunken. [Rare.] “Certain cellarous steps.” Dickens.Cel-lif'er-ōus, a. p. 210Bearing or producing cells.Cĕl'li-pōre, n. p. 210(Zool.) A genus of delicate corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the group Bryozoa. Dana.Cĕl'lu-lar, a. p. 210Consisting of cells, or containing cells. Cellular theory, a theory which derives all the vegetable and animal tissues from the union and metamorphosis of primitive embryonic cells.—Cellular tissue…Çĕl'lu-lar, n. p. 210(Bot.) A plant having no spiral vessels, and which is flowerless. Lindley.Çĕl'lu-lā'ted, a. p. 210Formed with cells. Caldwell.Çĕl'lūle, n. p. 210A small cell.Çĕl'lu-lĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 210Bearing or producing little cells.Cĕl'lu-līne, n. p. 210Same as CELLULOSE.