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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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Cy-ăth'i-fōrm, a. p. 328In the form of a cup, or drinking-glass, a little widened at the top. Eng. Cyc.Cy'cas, n. p. 328(Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the ferns, cultivated in China and Japan. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.Cȳ'cla-men, n. p. 328(Bot.) A genus of humble plants with very beautiful flowers, having bulbs of a round, flat form, on which, in the north of Italy, swine feed; sow-bread. London.Cy'cle, n. p. 328An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens. How gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb. Milton. 2. An interval of time in which a certain…Cy'cle or Cy'cle-al, a. p. 328Pertaining to a cycle; moving in cycles. Time, cyclical time, was their abstraction of the Deity. — Coleridge. Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes…Cy'clo-grāph, n. p. 328An instrument for describing arcs of circles, when compasses can not be conveniently employed. It is chiefly used in drawing flat segments, or curvatures which approach nearly to straight lines.…Cy'cloid, n. p. 328(Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. ☞ The common cycloid is the curve described when the…Cȳ'eloid or Cȳ-eloid'i-an, n. p. 328A fish of the fourth order, according to the arrangement of Agassiz, having membranous scales, without teeth, or spines, on the margins, as the herring and salmon.Cy'cloid or Cy-cloid'i-an, a. p. 328Belonging to the cycloidians.Cy-cloid'al, a. p. 328Pertaining or relating to a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.Cy-clōm'e-try, n. p. 328The art of measuring circles.Cȳ'clōne, n. p. 328A rotatory storm or whirlwind of extended circuit. Piddington.Cy-clōn'ic, a. p. 328Pertaining to a cyclone.Cy'clo-pē'an, a. p. 328Pertaining to the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopæan labors; Cyclopæan architecture.Cy'clo-pē'di-ä or Cy'clo-pæ'di-ä, n. p. 328The circle or compass of the arts and sciences; circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing in an alphabetical arrangement information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular…Cy'clo-pēd'ic, a. p. 328Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia.Cy-clōp'ic, a. p. 328Pertaining to the Cyclops; gigantic; savage.Cy'clops, n. sing. & pl. p. 328(Gr. Myth.) A class of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, who had but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were said to inhabit Sicily, and to be assistants in the workshops of…Cy-clō'sis, n. p. 328(Bot.) A circulatory movement of the fluids in the cells of plants, as in the Chara. Gray.Cy'clo-stō'mā, n. p. 328(Ichth.) A tribe of cartilaginous fishes, having the mouth surrounded with a large, thick, circular lip. 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of air-breathing gasteropods, or snails, having the opening in the shell…Cȳ'clo-stōme or Cȳ'clōs'to-mōus, a. p. 328Having a circular mouth or aperture, as the shells of certain molluscous animals, and a family of sucking-fishes, including the lamprey eel.Cȳ'clo-sty'lar, a. p. 328Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. Weale.Cȳ'der, n. p. 328See CIDER.Çȳ-ē'si-ŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 328(Med.) The science which treats of gestation.Çy̆g'net, n. p. 328(Ornith.) A young swan. Shak.Çy̆g'nus, n. p. 328(Ornith.) A genus of web-footed birds; the swan.Çy̆l'in-der, n. p. 328(Geom.) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one of its sides; or a body of roller like form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross…Cyl̆'in-drā'ceoüs, a. p. 328Cylindrical. [Obs.]Cy-lin'dric or Cy-lin'dric-al, a. p. 328Having the form of a cylinder, or partaking of its properties. Cylindrical vault (Arch.), a vault without groins, resting upon two parallel walls.Cy-lin'dri-cal-ly, adv. p. 328In the manner of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.Cyl̆'in-dric'i-ty, n. p. 328The quality or condition of being cylindrical.Cy-lin'drī-fōrm, a. p. 328Having the form of a cylinder.Cyl'in-droid, n. p. 328A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.Cy-lin'dro-mēt'rie, a. p. 328Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.Cy'mā, n. p. 328(Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wave-like in form. Cyma recta, one hollow in its upper part and swelling below, as a in the cut. — Cyma reversa, one swelling on…Cy-mär', n. p. 329A slight covering; a scarf. [Written also simar.] Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.Cy-mā'ti-um, n. p. 329Same as CYMA. See CYMA.Cym'bal, n. p. 329A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle-drum. 2. A musical instrument of brass, of a circular form, like a dish, held in the hand, and…Cym̆'bal-ist p. 329Cym̆'bal-ist, n. (Mus.) A performer upon cymbals. [Obs.]Cym'bi-fōrm, a. p. 329Shaped like a boat.Cym'bĭ-um, n. p. 329(Conch.) A kind of marine shell; the gondola.Cyme, n. p. 329(Bot.) A flat-topped or convex flower-cluster, like a corymb, except that the inflorescence commences with the terminal buds. Gray.Cy-mif'er-oüs, a. p. 329Producing cymes.Cȳm′ling, n. p. 329A sort of squash.Cȳ'moid, a. p. 329Having the form of a cyme.Cym'o-phāne, n. p. 329(Min.) A mineral;—called also chrysoberyl. See CHRYSOBERYL.Cy-mōph'a-nous, a. p. 329Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.Cȳ'mōse or Cȳ'mous, a. p. 329Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme. Martyn.Cy-năn'che, n. p. 329(Med.) A disease of the throat or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing. It is of several kinds, and comprehends the quinsy, croup, and malignant…Cy-năn’thro-py, n. p. 329A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.Cyn'a-rā, n. p. 329(Bot.) A tribe of composite plants of the thistle kind, including also the artichoke. Gray.Cyn'a-rā'ceous, a. p. 329Pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the tribe Cynara.Cŷn'arctōm'a-chy, n. p. 329Bear-baiting with a dog. Hudibras.Cyn'ar-rhō'di-ūm, n. p. 329(Bot.) A fruit composed of several dry and hard seeds, inclosed in the thickened tube of the calyx, as that of various kinds of roses.Cȳn'/e-gēt'/ics, n. sing. p. 329The art of hunting with dogs. [Obs.] [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Browne.Cyn̆'ic or Cyn̆'ic-al, a. p. 329Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; surly; currish; austere. “Cynical content in dirt and beggary.” Berkeley. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations…Cyn̆'ic, n. p. 329One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple, so named from their morose and contemptuous views and tenets. 2. One who holds views resembling…Cyn'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 329In a cynical, snarling, captious, or morose manner. Bacon.Cyn'i-cal-ness, n. p. 329Moroseness; contempt of riches and amusements.Cyn'-i-cism, n. p. 329The practice of a cynic; a morose contempt of the pleasures and arts of life. W. Scott.