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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Cĕlt'i-cĭsm, n. p. 210A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.Cĕl'tis, n. p. 210(Bot.) The nettle-tree, of which there are several species. C. Australis is one of the largest timber trees of the south of Europe; its wood is hard, tough, and flexible; its berries are of the size…Cĕlt'ish, a. p. 210Celtic. [Rare.]Cĕlt'ish, n. p. 210The Celtic language. [Rare.]Cĕm-bā'lo, n. p. 210The harpsichord. [Rare.]Cem'ent or Çe-mènt', n. p. 210Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, &c. 2. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. “The cement of our love.”…Ce-mĕnt’, v. t. p. 210To unite by the application of a substance which causes bodies to adhere together. And vibrates, to its central stone, Yon time-cemented tower. Wordsworth. 2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.Ce-mĕnt′, v. i. p. 210To unite or become solid; to unite and cohere. Sharp.Ce-mĕnt'al, a. p. 210Of, or pertaining to, cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.Cĕm'en-tā'tion, n. p. 210The act of cementing; the act of uniting by a suitable substance. 2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a…Ce-men'tă-to-ry, a. p. 210Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.Ce-mĕnt'er, n. p. 210The person or thing that cements.Cĕm'en-tīt'ious, a. p. 210Having the quality of cementing; tending to unite or consolidate. Forsyth.Cĕm'e-tĕ'ri-al, a. p. 210Of, or pertaining to, a cemetery. “Cemeterial cells.” Browne.Cĕm'e-tĕr'y, n. p. 210A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a grave-yard; a church-yard; a necropolis.Cĕn'a-to-ry, a. p. 210Pertaining, or relating, to supper. The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Browne.Cĕn'o-bīte, n. p. 210One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon.Cen'/o-bit'/ic or Cen'/o-bit'/ic-al, a. p. 210Living in community, as men belonging to a convent. Stillingfleet.Cĕn'o-bī-tĭsm, n. p. 210The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.Cē'no-by, n. p. 210A place where persons live in community. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.Cĕn'o-tāph, n. p. 210An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who is buried elsewhere. “A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey.” Macaulay.Cē/no-zō'ic, a. p. 210(Geol.) Belonging to the tertiary and later period; belonging to the age of mammals. See GEOLOGY. Dana.Cĕnse, n. p. 210A public rate or tax. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Cĕnse, v. t. p. 210To perfume with odors from burning substances. The Salii sing and cense his altars round With Saban smoke. Dryden.Cĕns'er, n. p. 210A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense Which from a golden censer forth doth rise. Spenser. 2. A bottle having a perforated and ornamented top, used…Cēn’sion, n. p. 210A rate, tax, or assessment. [Obs.] J. Hall.Cĕn'sor, n. p. 210(Antiq.) An officer in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the citizens, to impose taxes according to the property which each man possessed, and to inspect the manners of the…Cen-sō'ri-al or Cen-sō'ri-an, a. p. 210Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, the censorial power of the press. Junius. 2. Full of censure; censorious. [Rare.]Cen-sō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 210Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Watts. 2.…Cen-sō'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 210In a censorious manner.