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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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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.Cĕl'lu-lōse', a. p. 210Containing cells.Cĕl'lu-lōse', n. p. 210(Bot.) One of the substances constituting the cellular tissue of plants, being the material which forms the walls or sides of the vegetable cells, while lignine is that which fills those cells or…Cĕl'si-tūde, n. p. 210Height; elevation. [Obs.] Chaucer.Cĕlt, n. p. 210One of an ancient race of people, of Asiatic origin, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands…Cĕlt'i-bē'ri-an, a. p. 210(Geog.) Pertaining to Celtiberia and its inhabitants, the Celtiberi, or Celts of the Iberus, a river of Spain.Cĕl'ti-bē'ri-an, n. p. 210(Geog.) An inhabitant of Celtiberia.Cĕlt'ic, a. p. 210Pertaining to the Celts, or to their language.Cĕlt'ic, n. p. 210The language of the Celts. The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish, the Manks, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects, Cornish, and Armorican or Breton.