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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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Cen-tric'i-ty, n. p. 211The state of being centric.Cen-trif'u-gal, a. p. 211Tending to recede from the center. 2. (Bot.) (a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower. Lindley. (b.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some…Centrifugal force p. 211that force by which a body, moving in a curve tends to fly off from the axis of motion, in a tangent to the periphery of the curve.Cĕn’tring, n. p. 211See CENTERING.Cen-trĭp'e-tal, a. p. 211Tending toward the center. 2. (Bot.) (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and later at the summit, as a flower. Lindley. (b.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit…Cen-trip'e-ten-cy, n. p. 211Tendency toward the center.Cen'tro-bā'rie, a. p. 211Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobariæ method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a…Cĕn′tro-līn′e-ad, n. p. 211An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or converging to a center.Cen'tro-lin'e-al, a. p. 211Converging to a center;—applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.Cĕn’try, n. p. 211See SENTRY.Cen-tūm'vir, n. p. 211(Rom. Antiq.) A judge appointed by the pretor to decide common causes among the people;—so called because, although the original number was one hundred and five, it was commonly spoken of as one…Cen-tūm'vi-ral, a. p. 211Pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.Cen-tūm'/vi-rate, n. p. 211The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.Cĕnʹtu-ple, a. p. 211Hundred-fold. Mussinger.Cĕn’tu-ple, v. t. p. 211To increase a hundred-fold.Cen-tū'pli-āte, v. t. p. 211To make a hundred-fold. [Rare.]Cen-tū'ri-al, a. p. 211Relating to a century, or a hundred years; as, a centurial sermon. [Rare.] When the third centurial jubilee of New England shall come, who of us will then be living to participate the general joy? J.…Cen-tū'ri-āte, v. t. p. 211To divide into hundreds. [Obs.]Cen-tū'ri-ā'tor or Cent'ū-rist, n. p. 211An historian who distinguishes time by centuries. [Rare.] Ayliffe. Sheldon. The centuriatores of Magdeburg were the first that discovered this grand imposture. Ayliffe.Cen-tū'ri-on, n. p. 211(Rom. Antiq.) A military officer who commanded a century, or company of infantry comprising a hundred men, answering to the captain in modern armies.Cēnt'ū-ry, n. p. 211The aggregate of a hundred individual persons or things; a hundred; as, a century of sonnets. “A century send forth.” Shak. 2. A period of a hundred years. This is the most common signification of…Cē'pī, n. p. 212(Bot.) A plant (Allium cepa); the common onion.Ce-pēv'o-rous, a. p. 212Feeding upon onions. Sterling.Cēph'al-āl'gie, a. p. 212Relating to headache.Cēph'al-āl'gie, n. p. 212(Med.) A remedy for the headache.Cĕph'al-āl'gy, n. p. 212Pain in the head; headache.Cēph'a-lān'thi-ūm, n. p. 212(Bot.) The head or capitate inflorescence of a composite plant. Brande.Cēph'a-lās'pis, n. p. 212(Paleon.) A genus of fishes, now found only in a fossil state in the old red sandstone. The head is very large, and in the form of a large buckler, prolonged behind into two points.Cēph'a-late, n. p. 212(Zoöl.) An animal of the subkingdom Mollusca. See MOLLUSK.Cĕph'a-lăt'o-my, n. p. 212(Anat.) The dissection of the head. Dunglison.Ce-phāl'ic, a. p. 212Pertaining to the head; as, cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders in the head. Cephalic vein, a vein running along the arm, so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the…Ce-phāl'ie, n. p. 212A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.Cēph'a-lī'tis, n. p. 212(Med.) An inflammatory disease of the brain. Dunglison.Cēph'a-lo-ex-trāct'or, n. p. 212(Surg.) An instrument to extract a fœtus by clasping the head.Cēph'a-lōg'ra-phy, n. p. 212(Anat.) A description of the head. Dunglison.Cēph'a-loid, a. p. 212Shaped like the head; spherical. Craig.Cēph'a-lŏl'o-gy, n. p. 212(Anat.) A treatise on the head.Cēph'a-lo-pŏd or Cĕ-phăl'o-pŏd, n. p. 212(Zoöl.) An animal of the sub-kingdom Mollusca, characterized by a distinct head, surrounded by a circle of long arms or tentacles, which they use for crawling and for seizing objects. See MOLLUSK.Cēph'a-lo-pōd'ic or Cēph'a-lōp'o-doŭs, a. p. 212Belonging to the cephalopods.Cēph'a-lo-thō'rax, n. p. 212(Entom. & Zoöl.) The first segment of the Arachnida and Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.Cĕph'a-lo-trībe, n. p. 212An obstetrical instrument for crushing the head of the child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.Cĕph'a-loŭs, a. p. 212Having a head; — applied chiefly to a division of mollusks, the Cephalata, which includes the Univalves, &c. Dana.Ce-rā'ceoŭs, a. p. 212Wax like; partaking of the nature of wax.Ce-rā'go, n. p. 212A substance consisting chiefly of the pollen of flowers, used by bees as food; bee-bread.Ce-rām'ic, a. p. 212Pertaining to pottery, or the art of pottery; as, the ceramic art. Fairholt.Cĕr'a-sīne, n. p. 212(Chem.) Any gummy substance which swells in cold water, but does not readily dissolve in it, as the gum which exudes from the cherry-tree. Ure.Cĕr'a-sīte, n. p. 212(Min.) The native muriate of lead. Dana.Cē'rate, n. p. 212(Med.) A thick kind of ointment, composed of wax and oil, with other ingredients.Cē'rā-ted, a. p. 212Covered with wax.Ce-rās'tēs, n. p. 212(Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper. Baird. Cerastes horridus.Ce·rau'nics, n. sing. p. 212That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. [See MATHEMATICS.] R. Park.Ce-raū'no-scōpe, n. p. 212An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore.Cer-bē'ri-an, a. p. 212Of, or pertaining to, Cerberus. “Barked with wide Cerberian mouths.” Milton.Cĕr'be-rŭs, n. p. 212(Myth.) A monster, in the shape of a dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, usually represented as having three heads.Cer-cā'ri-an, n. p. 212(Zoöl.) An intestinal animalcule of the shape of a tadpole, having its body terminated by a tail-like appendage. R. Owen.Cer-cā'ri-an, a. p. 212Pertaining to the cercarians.Cēre, n. p. 212The naked skin that covers the base of the bill in some birds, as in those of the hawk tribe.Cēre, v. t. p. 212To wax, or cover with wax. Wiseman.Cē're-al, a. p. 212Pertaining to edible grain, as wheat, rye, &c.Cē're-al, n. p. 212Any edible grain.