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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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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.Cē're-ā'li-ā, n. pl. p. 212Edible grains; the cereals. Prout. 2. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.Cĕr'e-bĕl, n. p. 212The lower part of the brain; the cerebellum. Derham.Cēr'e-bĕl'lar or Cēr'e-bĕl'lōŭs, a. p. 212Pertaining to the cerebellum, or its parts. Dunglison.Cēr'e-bĕl'lum, n. p. 212(Anat.) The postero-inferior division of the brain; the little brain. It presides over the co-ordination of the voluntary movements.Cĕr'e-bral, a. p. 212Pertaining to the cerebrum, or brain. Cerebral letters, a class of consonants almost exclusively peculiar to the Indian languages, formed by bringing the tip of the tongue backward and upward nearly…Cĕr'e-brā'tion, n. p. 212The action of the brain. Dunglison.Cēr'e-bric, a. p. 212(Chem.) Of, or relating to, a peculiar acid of a fatty nature which is contained in the brain. Gregory.Cĕr'e-brōp'a-thy, n. p. 212(Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occasionally occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed. Dunglison.Cĕr'e-brō-spī'nal, a. p. 212(Anat.) Pertaining to that part of the nervous system which consists of the brain and spinal cord. Dunglison.Cĕr'e-brūm, n. p. 212(Anat.) The superior and larger division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will.Cēre'clōth, n. p. 212A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. Bacon.Cēre'ment, n. p. 212A cloth dipped in melted wax, with which dead bodies are infolded, when embalmed. Shak.Cēr'e-mō'ni-al, a. p. 212Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. “Ceremonial observances and outward show.” Hallam. 2. Observant of forms; precise in manners; formal in…Cĕr'e-mō'ni-al, n. p. 212A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form. He introduced the gorgeous ceremonial of…Cĕr'e-mō'ni-al-ism, n. p. 212Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.Cĕr'e-mō'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 212According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.Cér'e-mō'ni-al-ness, n. p. 212The property of being ceremonial; ceremoniousness.Cĕr'e-mō'ni-oŭs, a. p. 212Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. “The ceremonious part of worship.” South. 2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; civil; formally respectful. “Ceremonious…Cĕr'e-mō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 212In a ceremonious manner; formally; with due forms.