CINCHONA
CINCHONA, noun The Peruvian bark, quinquina, of which there are three varieties, the red, yellow and pale.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CINCTURE
CINCTURE, noun1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body.2. That which encompasses, or incloses.3. In architecture, a ring or list at the top and bottom of a column, ...
CINDER
CINDER, noun1. Small coals or particles of fire mixed with ashes; embers.2. Small particles of matter, remaining after combustion, in which fire is extinct; as the cinders of a ...
CINDER-WENCH
CINDER-WENCH, WOMAN, noun A woman whose business is to rake into heaps of ashes for cinders.
CINERATION
CINERATION, noun The reducing of any thing to ashes by combustion.
CINEREOUS
CINEREOUS, adjective Like ashes; having the color of the ashes of wood.
CINERITIOUS
CINERITIOUS, adjective Having the color or consistence of ashes.
CINGLE
CINGLE, noun A girth; but the word is little used. [See Surcingle.]
CINNABAR
CINNABAR, noun Red sulphuret of mercury. Native cinnabar is an ore of quicksilver, moderately compact, very heavy, and of an elegant striated red color. It is called native verm...
CINNABARINE
CINNABARINE, adjective Pertaining to cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.
CINNAMON
CINNAMON, noun The bark of two species of Laurus. The true cinnamon is the inner bark of the Laurus Cinnamomum, a native of Ceylon. The base cinnamon is from the Laurus Cassia. ...
CINQUE
CINQUE, noun A five; a word used in games.
CINQUE-FOIL
CINQUE-FOIL, noun Five-leaved clover, a species of Potentilla.
CINQUE-PACE
CINQUE-PACE, noun A kind of grave dance.
CINQUE-PORTS
CINQUE-PORTS, noun Five havens on the eastern shore of England, towards France, viz. Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich. To these ports, Winchelsea and Rye have been ad...
CINQUE-SPOTTED
CINQUE-SPOTTED, adjective Having five spots.
CION
CION, noun A young shoot, twig or sprout of a tree, or plant, or rather the cutting of a twig, intended for ingrafting on another stock; also, the shoot or slip inserted in a st...
CIOUS
VENEFI'CIAL, 'CIOUS, adjective [Latin veneficium.] Acting by poison; bewitching. [Little used.]
CIPHER
CIPHER, noun1. In arithmetic, an Arabian or Oriental character, of this form 0, which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but increases or diminishes the value of other figu...
CIPHERING
CIPHERING, participle present tense1. Using figures, or practicing arithmetic.2. Writing in occult characters.
CIPOLIN
CIPOLIN, noun A green marble from Rome, containing white zones. It consists chiefly of carbonate of lime, with quartz, shistus, and a small portion of iron.
CIRC
CIRC, [See Circus.]
CIRCEAN
CIRCEAN, adjective Pertaining to Circe, the fabled daughter of Sol and Perseis, who was supposed to possess great knowledge of magic and venomous herbs, by which she was able to...
CIRCENSIAN
CIRCENSIAN, adjective Pertaining to the Circus, in Rome, where were practiced games of various kinds, as running, wrestling, combats, etc. The circensian games accompanied most ...
CIRCINAL
CIRCINAL, adjective Rolled in spirally downwards, the tip occupying the center; a term in foliation or leafing, as in ferns.
CIRCINATE
CIRCINATE, verb transitive To make a circle; to compass.
CIRCINATION
CIRCINATION, noun An orbicular motion.