Webster's Dictionary 1913

3916

Cineraceous

Cin′er‐a″ceous (?), a. [L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.

3917

Cineraria

‖Cin′e‐ra″ri‐a (?), 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 com...

3918

Cinerary

Cin″er‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when bu...

3919

Cineration

Cin′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. cinis ashes: cf. F. cinération.] The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

3920

Cinereous

Ci‐ne″re‐ous (?), a. [L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.

3921

Cinerescent

Cin′er‐es″cent (?), a. Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

3922

Cineritious

Cin′er‐i″tious (?), a. [L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, — as the cortical substance of the brain.

3923

Cinerulent

Ci‐ner″u‐lent (?), a. Full of ashes.

3924

Cingalese

Cin′ga‐lese″ (?), 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...

3925

Cingle

Cin″gle (?), n. [L. cingula, cingulum, fr. cingere to gird.] A girth. See Surcingle.

3926

Cingulum

‖Cin″gu‐lum (?), n.(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 ...

3927

Cinnabar

Cin″na‐bar (?), n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. �; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinbār, Hind. shangarf.]1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and ...

3928

Cinnabarine

Cin″na‐ba‐rine (?), a. [Cf. F. cinabarin.] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

3929

Cinnamene

Cin″na‐mene (?), n. [From Cinnamic.] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.

3930

Cinnamic

Cin‐nam″ic (?), a. [From Cinnamon.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.Cinnamic acid(Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C6H5.C2H2C2H2.CO2H, formerl...

3931

Cinnamomic

Cin′na‐mom″ic (?), a. [L. cinnamomum cinnamon.] (Chem.) See Cinnamic.

3932

Cinnamon

Cin″na‐mon (?), 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...

3933

Cinnamone

Cin″na‐mone (?), n. [Cinnamic + -one.] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.

3934

Cinnamyl

Cin″na‐myl (?), n. [Cinnamic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]

3935

Cinnoline

Cin″no‐line (?), n. [Cinnamic + quinoline.] A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.

3936

Cinque

Cinque (?), n. [F. cinq, fr. L. quinque five. See Five.] Five; the number five in dice or cards.

3937

Cinque Ports

Cinque″ Ports′ (?). [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; — viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich;...

3938

Cinque-pace

Cinque″–pace′ (?), n. [Cinque + pace.] A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. Nares. Shak.

3939

Cinque-spotted

Cinque″–spot′ted, a. Five-spotted. Shak.

3940

Cinquecentist

Cin′que‐cen″tist (?), n. 1. An Italian of the sixteenth century, esp. a poet or artist.2. A student or imitator of the art or literature of the Cinquecento.

3941

Cinquecento

‖Cin′que‐cen″to (?), n. & a. [It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.] The sixteenth century, w...

3942

Cinquefoil

Cinque″foil′ (?), n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See Foil.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; — also called five-finger, because...