CISTUS
CISTUS, noun The rock-rose, a genus of plants of many species, most of them natives of the southern parts of Europe. Some of them are beautiful evergreen flowering shrubs, and o...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CIT
CIT, noun [contracted from citizen.] A citizen, in a low sense; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; a pragmatical trader.
CITADEL
CITADEL, noun A fortress or castle, in or near a city, intended for its defense; a place of arms.
CITAL
CITAL, noun1. Reproof; impeachment.2. Summons; citation; quotation.
CITATION
CITATION, noun1. A summons; an official call or notice, given to a person, to appear in a court, and answer to a demand; a call or notice to appear, in various other cases, and ...
CITATORY
CITATORY, adjective Citing; calling; having the power or form of citation; as, letters citatory
CITE
CITE, verb transitive1. To call upon officially, or authoritatively; to summon; to give legal or official notice, as to a defendant to appear in court, to answer or defend.2. To...
CITER
CITER, noun1. One who cites or summons into court.2. One who quotes a passage or the words of another.
CITESS
CITESS, noun [See Cit.] A city woman.
CITHARISTIC
CITHARISTIC, adjective Pertaining to or adapted to the harp; or appropriated to the accompaniment of the harp.
CITHERN
CITHERN, noun A stringed musical instrument, among the ancients, the precise form of which is not known, but it bore some resemblance to the modern guitar, the name of which is ...
CITICISM
CITICISM, noun [from cit.] The manners of a cit or citizen.
CITIED
CITIED, adjective Belonging to a city.
CITISIN
CITISIN, noun A substance of a yellow color, obtained from the seeds of the Cytisus Laburnum.
CITIZEN
CITIZEN, noun1. The native of a city, or an inhabitant who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the city in which he resides; the freeman of a city, as distinguished from a fore...
CITIZENIZE
CITIZENIZE, verb transitive To make a citizen; to admit to the rights and privileges of a citizen.Talleyrand was citizenized in Pennsylvania, when there in the form of an emigrant.
CITIZENSHIP
CITIZENSHIP, noun The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen.
CITRATE
CITRATE, noun In Chimistry, a neutral salt, formed by a union of the citric acid, or acid of lemons, with a base,The onion yields citrate of lime.
CITRIC
CITRIC, adjective Belonging to lemons or limes; as citric acid.
CITRIL
CITRIL, noun A beautiful song bird of Italy.
CITRINATION
CITRINATION, noun [See Citrine.] The turning to a yellow green color.
CITRINE
CITRINE, adjective Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; yellow, or greenish yellow.CITRINE, noun A species of very fine sprig crystal, of a beautiful yellow color, found in...
CITRON
CITRON, noun The fruit of the citron tree, a large species of lemon.
CITRON-TREE
CITRON-TREE, noun The tree which produces the citron, of the genus Citrus. It has an upright smooth stem, with a branchy head, rising from five to fifteen feet, adorned with lar...
CITRON-WATER
CITRON-WATER, noun A liquor distilled with the rind of citrons.
CITRUL
CITRUL, noun The pompion or pumpkin, so named from its yellow color.
CITY
CITY, noun1. In a general sense, a large town; a large number of houses and inhabitants, established in one place.2. In a more appropriate sense, a corporate town; a town or col...