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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Cĕr'ule, a.p. 213Blue. [Obs.] Dyer.
  2. Cē-rū'le-an or Cē-rū'le-ous, a.p. 213Sky-colored; blue. Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant.
  3. Cær'u-lif'ic, a.p. 213Producing a blue or sky-color.
  4. Ce·ru'men, n.p. 213The wax or yellow matter secreted by the ear.
  5. Ce-ru'mi-noüs, a.p. 213Pertaining to, or containing, cerumen. Dunglison.
  6. Cér'use, n.p. 213White lead; a carbonate of lead, produced by exposing the metal, in thin plates, to the vapor of acids, as vinegar. It is used, mixed with oil, for painting, and a cosmetic is prepared from it.…
  7. Cēr'ūsed, a.p. 213Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, a cerused face. Beau. of Fl.
  8. Cĕr've-lāt, n.p. 213(Mus.) A short wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone. Warren.
  9. Cĕr'vi-cal, a.p. 213(Anat.) Belonging to the neck. “A cervical or dorsal appendage.” Hugh Miller.
  10. Cěr'vi-cīde, n.p. 213The act of deer-killing; as, a wanton cervicide. B. Taylor.
  11. Cěr'vīne, a.p. 213(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the deer, or to animals of the genus Cervus.
  12. Cér'vus, n.p. 213(Zoöl.) A genus of ruminating quadrupeds, including the deer or stag.
  13. Cē-sā're-an, a.p. 213Pertaining to Cæsar. Cæsarean section (Surg.), an incision made through the parietes of the abdomen and uterus in order to extract the fetus;—so called from Julius Cæsar, whose birth is said to have…
  14. Cĕs'/pi-tĭ'tiŏus, a.p. 213Pertaining to turf; made of turf. Gough.
  15. Cĕs'pi-tōse, a.p. 213(Bot.) Growing in tufts; turf-like; cespitous.
  16. Cĕs'pi-tōus, a.p. 213Pertaining to, or consisting of, turf; turfy. A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet or matting. Martyn.
  17. Cĕss, n.p. 213A rate or tax. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. Bound; measure. [Obs.] “Out of all cess.” Shak.
  18. Cess, v. t.p. 213To rate; to lay a tax upon; to tax; to assess. [Obs.] Spenser.
  19. Cĕss, v. i.p. 213To cease. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To neglect a legal duty. [Obs.] Cowell.
  20. Cĕss'ant, a.p. 213Intermitting action; ceasing; ending; as, a cessant state. Montague.
  21. Ces-sā'tion, n.p. 213The act of ceasing, or discontinuing motion or action of any kind, whether temporary or final; stop; rest. “The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities.” Motley. Cessation of arms (Mil.), an…
  22. Ces-sā'vit, n.p. 213(O. Eng. Law.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant or occupier has ceased for two years to perform the service which constitutes the condition of his tenure, and has not…
  23. Cēs'ser, n.p. 213(Law.) A neglect to perform services or payment for two years. See CESSAVIT. Blackstone.
  24. Cēs'si-bil'i-ty, n.p. 213The act or quality of giving way or receding. [Rare.] Digby.
  25. Cĕs'si-ble, a.p. 213Giving way; yielding. [R.] Digby.
  26. Cēs'sion, n.p. 213The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse; compliance. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. “A cession of the island…
  27. Cĕs'sion-a-ry, a.p. 213Having surrendered effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin.
  28. Cĕss'ment, n.p. 213An assessment or tax. [Obs.]
  29. Cēs'sor, n.p. 213(Law.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See CESSAVIT. Cowell. 2. An assessor, or taxer. [Obs.]…
  30. Cēss'-pōōl, n.p. 213A cavity sunk in the earth, to receive and retain the sediment of water conveyed in drains. [Written also sess-pool.]
  31. Cēst, n.p. 213A lady's girdle; a cestus. [Rare.] Collins.
  32. Cēs'toid, a.p. 213(Zoöl.) Pertaining to a tribe of intestinal worms, called Cestoids, or Cestoideans. Carpenter.
  33. Cēs'toid or Cēs-toid'e-an, n.p. 213(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of intestinal worms, of a long, slender, and flattened form, like the tape-worm. Carpenter.
  34. Cēs'tus, n.p. 213(Antiq.) (a.) A girdle; particularly the girdle of Venus, on which was represented every thing that could awaken love. (b.) A marriage girdle, given by the newly-married wife to her husband. (c.) A…
  35. Cēs'tuy que trūstp. 213(Law.) A person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. Wharton.
  36. Cēs'tuy que ūsep. 213(Law.) A person for whose use land, &c., is granted to another. Bouvier.
  37. Ce-sū'ra, n.p. 213See CÆSURA.
  38. Cē-tā'ce-ā, n. pl.p. 213(Zoöl.) An order of vertebrated mammiferous marine animals, including the whale kind. There are four groups or families; the Balæna family, having an arrangement of whalebone in the mouth, and no…
  39. Ce-tā'cean, n.p. 213(Zoöl.) An animal of the order Cetacea.
  40. Ce-tā'ceoŭs, a.p. 213Pertaining to the Cetacea; belonging to the whale kind.
  41. Cēt'e-rāch, n.p. 213(Bot.) A genus of cryptogams or ferns, formerly used by Arabian physicians for disorders of the spleen. London.
  42. Cē'tine, n.p. 213(Chem.) The pure, solid, crystalline mass of spermaceti. It occurs in beautiful silvery scales. Gregory.
  43. Cēt'o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 213Pertaining to cetology.
  44. Cē-tŏl'ō-gĭst, n.p. 213One who is versed in cetology.
  45. Ce-tōl'o-gy, n.p. 213The doctrine or natural history of cetaceous animals.
  46. Cēt'ra-rīne, n.p. 213(Chem.) The bitter principle of the lichen Cetraria Icelandica, or Iceland-moss. Gregory.
  47. Cĕt'yle, n.p. 214(Chem.) A radical found in spermaceti, homologous with ethyle. Gregory.
  48. Cey'lan-ite, n.p. 214(Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. Dana.
  49. Cēy'lon-ēse', a.p. 214(Geog.) Pertaining to Ceylon.
  50. Cēy'lon-ēse', n.p. 214A native or inhabitant of Ceylon.
  51. Chāb'a-sīte, n.p. 214[Gr. χαβαζίος, one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Περὶ λίθων, ascribed to Orpheus. (Min.) A mineral occurring in glassy rhombohedral crystals having nearly the form of a cube, and…
  52. Chăb-lĭs', n.p. 214A white wine made in France near the town of Chablis.
  53. Chāçe, n. & v.p. 214See CHASE.
  54. Chăck, v. i.p. 214(Man.) To toss up the head suddenly and frequently, as a horse to avoid the subjection of the bridle.
  55. Cha-cōne', n.p. 214
  56. Cha-cōnne'p. 214A slow air in triple time on a ground bass, somewhat resembling the saraband; a dance borrowed from the Arabians.
  57. Chād, n.p. 214(Ichth.) A kind of fish; the shad. See SHAD. Carew.
  58. Chæ'to-don, n.p. 214(Ichth.) A genus of fishes belonging to the family Squamipennes, or scaly finned fish, and characterized by a rhomboidal body and brilliant colors. Baird.
  59. Chāfe, v. t.p. 214To excite physical heat or irritation in by means of friction; to stimulate. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser. 2. To excite heat in the mind of; to excite passion in; to fret; to…
  60. Chāfe, v. i.p. 214To be excited or heated; to rage; to fret; to be in violent action. Take no care Who chafes, who frets. Shak. 2. To fret or wear by rubbing. The troubled Tiber chafing with his shores. Shak. 3. To be…