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Cicatrix (?), n.; pl. Cicatrices (#). [L.] (Med.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
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Cicatrizant (?), n. [Cf. F. cicatrisant, properly p. pr. of cicatriser.] (Med.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.
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Cicatrization (?), n. [Cf. F. cicatrisation.] (Med.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.
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Cicatrize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cicatrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cicatrizing.] [Cf. F. cicatriser, fr. cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar.] (Med.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman.
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Cicatrize, v. i. (Med.) To heal; to have a new skin.
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Cicatrose (?), a. Full of scars. Craig.
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Cicely (?), n. [L. seselis, Gr. �, �; perh. ultimately of Egyptian origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.
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Cicero (?), n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.
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Cicerone (?), n.; pl. It. Ciceroni (#), E. Cicerones (#). [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.
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Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench.
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Ciceronian (?), a. [L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator.] Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.
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Ciceronianism (?), n. Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. “Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford.” Sir P. Sidney.
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Cichoraceous (?), a. [See .] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.
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Cich-pea (?), n. The chick-pea. Holland.
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Cicisbeism (?), n. The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
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Cicisbeo (?), n.; pl. It. Cicisbei (#). [It.] 1. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
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2. A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [Obs.]
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Ciclatoun (?), n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]
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His robe was of ciclatoun,
That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.
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Ciconiidae n. a natural family of birds comprising the storks.
Syn. -- family Ciconiidae.
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Ciconiiformes n. an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn. -- order Ciconiiformes.
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Cicurate (?), v. t. [L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame.] To tame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Cicuration (?), n. [Cf. F. cicuration.] The act of taming. [Obs.] Ray.
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Cicuta (?), n. [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
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☞ The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.
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Cicutoxin (?), n. (Chem.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.
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Cid (?), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.]
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1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
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2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.
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Cider (?), n. [F. cidre, OF. sidre, fr. L. sicera a kind of strong drink, Gr. �; of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. shākar to be intoxicated, shēkār strong drink.] The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.
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☞ Cider was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, but was not applied to wine.
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Coloq. Cider brandy , a kind of brandy distilled from cider. -- Coloq. Cider mill , a mill in which cider is made. -- Coloq. Cider press , the press of a cider mill.
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Ciderist, n. A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Ciderkin (?), n. [Cider + -kin.] A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
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Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.
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Ci-devant (?), a. [F., hitherto, formerly.] Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
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Cierge (?), n. [F., fr. L. cera wax.] A wax candle used in religous rites.
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Cigar (sĭgär), n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
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cigaret n. same as .
Syn. -- cigarette, fag.
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Cigarette (?), n. [F. cigarette.] A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. [Also spelled cigaret.]
Syn. -- cigarette, fag, weed.
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Cigar fish, cigarfish n. (Zoöl.) a small fusiform fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found in the West Atlantic and on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Syn. -- round scad, quiaquia, Decapterus punctatus.
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cigarillo n. a small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper.
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cigar-shaped (sĭgär-shāpt), adj. cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.
Syn. -- fusiform, spindle-shaped.
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cilantro n. 1. an Old World herb (Coriandrum sativum) with aromatic parsleylike leaves and seed.
Syn. -- coriander, coriander plant, Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum.
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2. a parsleylike herb used as seasoning or garnish.
Syn. -- coriander, Chinese parsley.
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Cilia (?), n. pl. Cilium, the sing., is rarely used. [L. cilium eyelid.] 1. (Anat.) The eyelashes.
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2. (Biol.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
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3. (Bot.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
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4. (Zoöl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
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cilial adj. of or pertaining to a cilium or cilia.
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Ciliary (?), a. [Cf. F. ciliaire.]
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1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.
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2. (Biol.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.
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Ciliata (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.
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{ Ciliate (?), Ciliated (?), } a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.
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Cilice (?), n. [F. See .] A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey.
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Cilician (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.
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Cilicious (?), a. [L. cilicium a covering, orig. made of Cilician goat's hair, fr. Cilicious Cilician, fr. Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.] Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.]
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A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne.
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{ Ciliform (?), Ciliiform (?), } a. [Cilium + -form] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.
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Ciliograde (?), a. [Cilium + L. gradi to step: cf. F. ciliograde.] (Zoöl.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusæ.
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Cilium (?), n. [L., eyelid.] See .
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Cill (?), n. See ., n. a foundation.
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Cillosis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. cilium eyelid.] (Med.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.
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Cima (?), n. (Arch.) A kind of molding. See .
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Cimar (?), n. See .
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Cimbal (?), n. [It. ciambella.] A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares.
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Cimbia (?), n. (Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]
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Cimbrian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. -- n. One of the Cimbri. See .
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Cimbric (?), a. Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. -- n. The language of the Cimbri.
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Cimeliarch (?), n. [L. cimeliarcha, Gr. �, treasurer.] A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Cimeter (?), n. See .
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Cimex (?), n.; pl. Cimices (#). [L., a bug.] (Zoöl.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See .
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Cimia (?), n. (Arch.) See .
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Cimicifuga n. a small genus of perennial herbs of N temperate regions: bugbane.
Syn. -- genus Cimicifuga.
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Cimiss (?), n. [L. cimex, -icis, a bug.] (Zoöl.) The bedbug. [Obs.] Wright.
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Cimmerian (?), a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also Kimmerian.] 1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.
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2. Without any light; intensely dark.
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In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.
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Cimolite (?), n. [Gr. � (sc. �) Cimolian earth, fr. �, L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.
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Cinch (?), n. [Sp. cincha, fr. L. cingere to gird.]
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1. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]
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2. A tight grip. [Colloq.]
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Cinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cinching.] 1. To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly. [Western U. S.]
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2. To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for forcing submission. [Slang, U. S.]
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Cinch, v. i. To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; -- often with up. [Western U. S.]
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Cinch, n. [Cf. cinch a girth, a tight grip, as v., to get a sure hold upon; perh. so named from the tactics used in the game; also cf. Sp. cinco five (the five spots of the color of the trump being important cards).] A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called right pedro) and the five of the same color (called left pedro, and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) each count five on the score. Fifty-one points make a game. Called also double pedro and high five.
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Cinch, v. t. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
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Cinchona (?), n. [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
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2. (Med.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
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Cinchonaceous (?), a. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.
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Cinchonic (?), a. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne.
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Cinchonidine (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.
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Cinchonine (?), n. [From : cf. F. cinchonine.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.
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Cinchonism (?), n. [From .] (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
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Cinchonize (?), v. t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.
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Cincinnati epoch (?). (Geol.) An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York.
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Cincinnus (?), n.; pl. -ni (#). [Also cicinus, cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. -- Cincinnal (#), a.
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Cinclidae n. a natural family of birds comprising the water ouzels, also called dippers, which dive under water in flowing streams.
Syn. -- family Cinclidae.
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Cinclus n. the type genus of the bird family Cinclidae. It includes the water ouzels Cinclus aquaticus of Europe and Cinclus mexicanus of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Cinclus.
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Cincture (?), n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.] 1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
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2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. “Within the cincture of one wall.” Bacon.
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3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
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Cinctured (?), n. Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.
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Cinder (sĭndẽr), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. .] 1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.
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2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.
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3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.
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4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.
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Coloq. Cinder frame , a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders. -- Coloq. Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.
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Cindery (?), a. Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.
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Cinefaction (?), n. [LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cinéfaction.] incineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]
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cine-film n. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, used in a movie camera.
Syn. -- motion-picture film, movie film.
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cinema n. 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn. -- the film.
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2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace.
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3. same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
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{ Cinematic (?), Cinematical (?) }, a. 1. See .
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2. Of or pertaining to the cinema; as, cinematic entertainment.
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Cinematics (?), n. sing. See .
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Cinematograph (?), n. [Gr. �, �, motion + -graph.] 1. an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zoögyroscope, zoöpraxiscope, etc.

The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit.
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2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above.
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Cinematographer (?), n. 1. One who takes motion pictures with a movie camera, especially one expert in the art.
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2. one who exhibits motion pictures; an operator of a motion picture projector; a projectionist.
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-- Cinematographic (#), a. -- Cinematographically (#), adv.
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Cinemograph (?), n. [Gr. � motion + -graph.] An integrating anemometer.
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Cineraceous (?), a. [L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.
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Cineraria (?), n. [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.] (Bot.) A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.
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Cinerary (?), a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.
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Coloq. Cinerary urns , vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.
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Cineration (?), n. [L. cinis ashes: cf. F. cinération.] The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
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Cinereous (?), a. [L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.
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Cinerescent (?), a. Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.
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Cineritious (?), a. [L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.
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Cinerulent (?), a. Full of ashes. [Obs.]
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Cingalese (?), n. sing. & pl. [Cf. F. Cingalais.] A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.), the language of the Cingalese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [Written also Singhalese.]
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☞ Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general.
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Cingle (?), n. [L. cingula, cingulum, fr. cingere to gird.] A girth. [R.] See .
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Cingulum (?), n. [L., a girdle.] (Zoöl.) (a) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells. (b) The clitellus of earthworms. (c) The base of the crown of a tooth.
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Cinnabar (?), n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. �; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinbār, Hind. shangarf.]
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1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
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2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.
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Coloq. Cinnabar Græcorum (�). [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as . -- Coloq. Green cinnabar , a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. -- Coloq. Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.
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Cinnabarine (?), a. [Cf. F. cinabarin.] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.
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Cinnamene (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See .
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Cinnamic (?), a. [From .] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.
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Coloq. Cinnamic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C6H5.C2H2C2H2.CO2H, formerly obtained from storax and oil of cinnamon, now made from certain benzene derivatives in large quantities, and used for the artificial production of indigo.
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Cinnamomic (?), a. [L. cinnamomum cinnamon.] (Chem.) See .
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Cinnamon (?), n. [Heb. qinnāmōn; cf. Gr. �, �, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kājū mānis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia.
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Coloq. Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. -- Coloq. Oil of cinnamon , a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. -- Coloq. Wild cinnamon . See .
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Cinnamone (?), n. [Cinnamic + -one.] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
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