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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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Chym'ous, a. p. 230Pertaining to chyme.Ci-bā'ri-ous, a. p. 230Pertaining to food; useful for food; edible. Johnson.Cib'ol, n. p. 230A sort of small onion. Mortimer.Cĭ-bō’rĭ-ŭm, n. p. 230(Arch.) An insulated, arched vault, resting on four pillars, as that over the high altar in a church. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) The coffer or case containing the host, or sacred wafer. Gwill.Ci-cā'dā, n. p. 230(Entom.) An insect of the order Hemiptera, having a long, stout body and wings, the latter usually membranous and transparent. The male has the power of making a shrill, grating sound, produced by…Ci-cē'ā'lă, n. p. 230A cicada. See CICADA. At eve a dry cicada sung. Tennyson.Cic'a-trīce, n. p. 230A scar, seam, or elevation remaining after a wound is healed; a cicatrix.Cic'a-tri'cle, n. p. 230The germinating or fetal point in the embryo of a seed or the yolk of an egg.Ci'e-a-tri'sive, a. p. 230Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrice.Cĭ-cā'trix, n. p. 230A scar; a cicatrice.Cic'a-tri'zant, n. p. 230(Med.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrice.Cĭc'a-tri-zā'tion, n. p. 230The process of healing or forming a cicatrice; or the state of being healed, cicatrized, or skinned over. Sharp.Cĭc'a-trīze, v. t. p. 230To heal and induce the formation of a cicatrice in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. This opens an old wound and makes a new one. Would it were cicatrized! Massinger.Ci'ca-trize, v. i. p. 230To heal or be healed; to become covered with skin.Cic'e-ly, n. p. 230(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of different species, of the genera Myrrhis and Osmorrhiza.Ci'ce-rō'ne, n. p. 230One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, or ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a…Çĭç'e-rō'ni-an, a. p. 230Resembling Cicero in style or action.Çĭç'e-rō'ni-an-ĭsm, n. p. 230Imitation or resemblance of the style or action of Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. “Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford.” Sidney.Çĭch'o-rā'ceoŭs, a. p. 230Having the qualities of succory, or chiccory. Floyer.Çĭch'-pēă, n. p. 230A plant; chick-pea. Holland.Çi-çĭs'be-ĭsm, n. p. 230The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.Ci'cis-be'ō, n. p. 230The professed gallant of a married woman; a dangler about women. Smollett.Çi-cō'ni-ȧ, n. p. 230(Ornith.) A genus of wading birds, including the stork.Çĭc'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 230To reclaim from wildness; to tame. [Obs.] Browne.Çĭc'ū-rā'tion, n. p. 230The act of reclaiming from wildness. [Obs.] Ray.Çi-cū'tȧ, n. p. 230(Bot.) A genus of poisonous, umbelliferous plants, of which the C. virosa, or water-hemlock, of Europe, called also cow-bane, is best known. ☞ The name Cicuta is sometimes applied to Conium…Çĭd, n. p. 230Chief or commander;— a name given in Spanish literature to Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, an illustrious champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century. 2. An epic poem of…Çī'der, n. p. 230A drink made from the juice of apples. ☞ The word was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, except wine; but it is now appropriated to the juice of…Çī'der-brăn'dy, n. p. 230A kind of brandy distilled from cider.Çī'der-ĭst, n. p. 230A maker of cider. Mortimer.Çī'der-kĭn, n. p. 230A liquor made by adding water to the crushed mass of apples remaining after the juice is pressed out in the manufacture of cider. Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small…Çi-de-vänt', a. p. 230Former; previous; as, a ci-devant governor.Çiērge, n. p. 230A wax candle used in religious rites.Çĭ-gär', n. p. 230A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.Çĭg'ar-ĕtte', n. p. 230A little cigar, a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.Çĭl'er-y, n. p. 230(Arch.) The drapery or foliage carved on the heads of columns. Gwilt.Çĭl'i-ȧ, n. pl. p. 230(Anat.) The eyelashes, or hairs growing from the edges of the eyelids. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) Long hairs, like eyelashes, upon the margin of a vegetable body. Gray. 3. (Zoöl.) Slender, short, hair-like…Çĭl'ia-ry, a. p. 230Belonging to the eye-lashes; pertaining to the cilia in animals or vegetables. Ray.Çĭl'i-ate or Çĭl'i-ā'ted, a. p. 230(Bot.) Furnished or surrounded with parallel filaments, or bristles, resembling the hairs of the eyelids; as, a ciliated leaf. 2. (Anat.) Covered with fine filaments, which, during life, are endowed…Çĭl'içe, n. p. 230A kind of hair-cloth garment. Southey.Çĭ-lĭ'cioŭs, a. p. 230Made, or consisting, of hair. “A cilicious or sackcloth habit.” Browne.Cĭl'i-fōrm, a. p. 230Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender. Dana.Cĭl'i-o grāde, a. p. 230(Zoöl.) Swimming by means of cilia, as the ciliograde Medusæ, which have delicate, flattened, hair-like appendages along the ribs, for purposes of locomotion. (Carpenter.Çĭl'lo or Çil-lō'sis, n. p. 230(Med.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.Çī'ma, n. p. 230(Arch.) A kind of molding. See CYMA.Çi-mär', n. p. 230See CHIMERE and SIMAR.Çĭm'bal, n. p. 230A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares.Cim'bi-ā, n. p. 230(Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]Cim′brie, a. p. 230Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany.Cī-mē'li-ārch, n. p. 230A superintendent or keeper of valuable things belonging to a church; a church-warden. [Obs.] Bailey.Cĭm'e-ter, n. p. 230A short sword with a convex edge or recurvated point, used by the Persians and Turks. [Written also scimetar, scymetar, and scimiter.]Cĭm'i-ā, n. p. 230See CIMBIA.Cī'miss, n. p. 230The bed-bug.Cĭm-mē'ri-an, a. p. 230Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have dwelt, in very ancient times, in caves between Baiae and Cumae, in profound and perpetual darkness. 2. Without any light; intensely dark.…Cim'o-lite, n. p. 230(Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color, from Cimolis, in Greece, and other places. Dana.Cin-chō'nā, n. p. 230(Bot.) A genus of trees growing exclusively on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, producing a medicinal bark of great value, known as Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark, &c. Baird. 2. (Med.) The…Cin'cho-nā'ceoüs, a. p. 230Of, or pertaining to, cinchona, or the plants that produce it. Ogilvie.Cin'cho-nine or Cin-chō'ni-a, n. p. 230(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the bark of several species of cinchona, and one of the medicinal active principles of this bark. Dunglison.Cinct'ūre, n. p. 230A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body. He binds the sacred cincture round his breast. Pope. 2. That which encompasses or incloses; inclosure. “Within the cincture of one wall.” Bacon. 3.…Cinct'ured, a. p. 230Having a cincture or girdle.