Cayo Ca"yo noun ; plural - yos . [ Spanish ] A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [ Spanish Am.]

Cayugas Ca·yu"gas noun plural ; sing. Cayuga . (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

Cayuse Cay·use" noun An Indian pony. [ Northw. U. S.]

Cazique, Cazic Ca·zique", Ca·zic" noun [ Spanish Cacique , from the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

Cease Cease (sēs) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ceased ; present participle & verbal noun Ceasing .] [ Middle English cessen , cesen , French cesser , from Latin cessare , v. intemsive from cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and confer Cessation .] 1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased . "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3.

2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

The poor shall never cease out of the land.
Deut. xv. 11.

Syn. -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Cease Cease transitive verb To put a stop to; to bring to an end.

But he, her fears to cease
Sent down the meek-eyed peace.
Milton.

Cease , then, this impious rage.
Milton

Cease Cease noun Extinction. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Ceaseless Cease"less adjective Without pause or end; incessant.

Ceaseless Cease"less adverb Without intermission or end.

Cecidomyia Cec`i·do·my"i·a noun [ Nl., from Greek khki`s , ..., a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zoology) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly .

Cecity Ce"ci·ty noun [ Latin caecitas , from caecus blind: confer French cécité .] Blindness. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cecutiency Ce·cu"tien·cy noun [ Latin caecutire to be blind, from caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cedar Ce"dar (sē"dẽr) noun [ Anglo-Saxon ceder , from Latin cedrus , Greek ke`dros .] (Botany) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

» The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani ; the white cedar ( Cupressus thyoides ) is now called Chamœcyparis sphæroidea ; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana ; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata . Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar .

Cedar bird (Zoology) , a species of chatterer ( Ampelis cedrorum ), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cherry bird , Canada robin , and American waxwing .

Cedar Ce"dar adjective Of or pertaining to cedar.

Cedared Ce"dared adjective Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

Cedarn Ce"darn adjective Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [ R.]

Cede Cede transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ceded ; present participle & verbal noun Ceding .] [ Latin cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to English chance ; confer French céder .] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.
Jay.

Cedilla Ce·dil"la noun [ Spanish cedilla , confer French cédille ; dim. of zeta , the Greek name of the letter z , because this letter was formerly written after the c , to give it the sound of s .] A mark placed under the letter c [ thus, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s , as in façade .

Cedrat Ce"drat (sē"drăt) noun [ Confer French cédrat . See Cedar .] (Botany) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica , with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

Cedrene Ce"drene (sē"drēn) noun (Chemistry) A rich aromatic oil, C ₁₅ H ₂₄ , extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [ Written also cedren .]

Cedrine Ce"drine (sē"drĭn; 277) adjective [ Latin cedrinus , Greek .... See Cedar .] Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.

Cedriret Ce"dri·ret (sē"drĭ*rĕt) noun Same as Cœrulignone .

Cedry Ce"dry adjective Of the nature of cedar. [ R.]

Cedule Ced"ule noun [ French cédule , from Latin shedula . See Shedule .] A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [ Obsolete]

Ceduous Ced"u·ous adjective [ Latin caeduus , from caedere to cut down.] Fit to be felled. [ Obsolete] Eyelyn.

Ceil Ceil (sēl) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ceiled (sēld); present participle & verbal noun Ceiling .] [ From an older noun, from French ciel heaven, canopy, from Latin caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering; confer Greek koi^los hollow.] 1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.

The greater house he ceiled with fir tree.
2 Chron. iii. 5

2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Ceiling Ceil"ing noun [ See Cell , transitive verb ] 1. (Architecture) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

2. (Nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.

Camp ceiling . See under Camp . -- Ceiling boards , Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

Ceint Ceint noun [ See Cincture .] A girdle. [ Obsolete]

Ceinture Cein`ture" noun [ French] A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.

Celadon Cel"a·don noun [ French] A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

Celandine Cel"an·dine (sĕl"ăn*dīn) noun [ Middle English celidoine , Old French celidoine , French chélidoine , from Latin chelidonia (sc. herba ), from chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Greek chelido`nios , from chelidw`n the swallow, akin to Latin hirundo a swallow.] (Botany) A perennial herbaceous plant ( Chelidonium majus ) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort .

Lasser celandine , the pilewort ( Ranunculus Ficaria ).

Celature Cel"a·ture noun [ Latin caelatura , from caelare to engrave in relief.] 1. The act or art of engraving or embossing.

2. That which is engraved. [ Obsolete] Hakewill.

Celebrant Cel"e·brant noun [ Latin celebrans , present participle of celebrare . See Celebrate .] One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

Celebrate Cel"e·brate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Celebrated ; present participle & verbal noun Celebrating .] [ Latin celebratus , past participle of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, from celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.

From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.
Lev. xxiii. 32.

3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

Syn. -- To commemorate; distinguish; honor. -- To Celebrate , Commemorate . We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence.

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences.
Atterbury.

Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee,
Exult to celebrate thy festival.
Thomson.

Celebrated Cel"e·bra`ted adjective Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.

Celebrated for the politeness of his manners.
Macaulay.

Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished .

Celebration Cel`e·bra"tion noun [ Latin celebratio .] The act, process, or time of celebrating.

His memory deserving a particular celebration .
Clarendok.

Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass
Cath. Dict.

To hasten the celebration of their marriage.
Sir P. Sidney.

Celebrator Cel"e·bra`tor noun [ Latin ] One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle.

Celebrious Ce·le"bri·ous adjective Famous. [ Obsolete] Speed.

Celebrity Ce·leb"ri·ty noun ; plural Celebrities . [ Latin celebritas : confer French célébrité .] 1. Celebration; solemnization. [ Obsolete]

The celebrity of the marriage.
Bacon.

2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy.
Whewell.

3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

Celeriac Ce·le"ri·ac noun (Botany) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

Celerity Ce·ler"i·ty noun [ Latin celeritas , from celer swiftm speedy: sf. French célérité .] Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

Time, with all its celerity , moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.
Johnson.

Celery Cel"er·y noun [ French céleri , confer Prov. Italian seleno , seler ; from Greek ... parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery . Cf . Parsley .] (Botany) A plant of the Parsley family ( Apium graveolens ), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Celestial Ce·les"tial adjective [ Old French celestial , celestied , from Latin caelestic , from caelum heaved. See Cell .] 1. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs." Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. " Celestial spirits." " Celestial light," Milton.

Celestial city , heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. -- Celestial empire , China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan , Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. S. W. Williams.

Celestial Ce·les"tial noun 1. An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.

2. A native of China.

Celestial Ce·les"tial adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.

Celestial Ce·les"tial noun A Chinaman; a Chinese. [ Colloq.]

Celestialize Ce·les"tial·ize transitive verb To make celestial. [ R.]

Celestially Ce·les"tial·ly adverb In a celestial manner.

Celestify Ce·les"ti·fy transitive verb [ Latin caelestis heavenly + -fly .] To make like heaven. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Celestine, Celestinian Cel"es·tine, Cel`es·tin"i·an noun (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

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