Cinchonism Cin"cho·nism noun [ From
Cinchona .]
(Medicine) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
Cinchonize Cin"cho·nize transitive verb To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.
Cincinnati epoch Cin`cin·na"ti ep"och (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.
Cincinnus Cin·cin"nus noun ; plural
- ni . [ Also
cicinus ,
cicinnus .] [ Latin , a curl of hair.]
(Botany) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme . --
Cin*cin"nal adjective
Cincture Cinc"ture noun [ Latin
cinctura , from
cingere ,
cinctum , to gird.]
1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb. 2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the
cincture of one wall."
Bacon. 3. (Architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
Cinctured Cinc"tured noun Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.
Cinder Cin"der (sĭn"dẽr)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
sinder slag, dross; akin to Icelandic
sindr dross, Swedish
sinder , German
sinter , Dutch
sintel ; perhaps influenced by French
cendre ashes, from Latin
cinis . Confer
Sinter .]
1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct. 2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift. 3. A scale thrown off in forging metal. 4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano. Cinder frame ,
a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders. --
Cinder notch (Metal.) ,
the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.
Cindery Cin"der·y adjective Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.
Cinefaction Cin`e·fac"tion noun [ Late Latin
cinefactio : Latin
cinis ashes +
facere to make: confer French
cinéfaction .]
Cineration; reduction to ashes. [ Obsolete]
Cinematic, Cinematical Cin`e·mat"ic, Cin`e·mat"ic·al adjective See Kinematic .
Cinematics Cin`e·mat"ics noun sing. See Kinematics .
Cinematograph Cin`e·mat"o·graph noun [ Greek ..., ..., motion +
-graph .]
1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture machine; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for the cinematograph 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. 2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above.
Cinematographer Cin`e·ma·tog"ra·pher noun One who exhibits moving pictures or who takes chronophotographs by the cinematograph. --
Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic adjective --
Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic*al*ly adverb
Cinemograph Ci·ne"mo·graph noun [ Greek ... motion +
-graph .]
An integrating anemometer.
Cineraceous Cin`er·a"ceous adjective [ Latin
cineraceus , from
cinis ashes.]
Like ashes; ash- colored; cinereous.
Cineraria Cin`e·ra"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Late Latin
cinerarius pert. to ashes, from
cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.]
(Botany) A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.
Cinerary Cin"er·a·ry adjective [ Latin
cinerarius , from
cinis ashes.]
Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns ,
vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.
Cineration Cin`er·a"tion noun [ Latin
cinis ashes: confer French
cinération .]
The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
Cinereous Ci·ne"re·ous adjective [ Latin
cinereus , from
cinis ashes.]
Like ashes; ash- colored; grayish.
Cinerescent Cin`er·es"cent adjective Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.
Cineritious Cin`er·i"tious adjective [ Latin
cineritius ,
cinericius , from
cinis ashes.]
Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.
Cinerulent Ci·ner"u·lent adjective Full of ashes. [ Obsolete]
Cingalese Cin`ga·lese" noun sing. & plural [ Confer French
Cingalais .]
A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants ; also (
sing. ),
the language of the Cingalese. --
adjective Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [ Written also
Singhalese .] »
Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general.
Cingle Cin"gle noun [ Latin
cingula ,
cingulum , from
cingere to gird.]
A girth. [ R.] See
Surcingle .
Cingulum Cin"gu·lum noun [ Latin , a girdle.]
(Zoology) (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.
Cinnabar Cin"na·bar noun [ Latin
cinnabaris , Greek ...; probably of Oriental origin; confer Persian
qinbār , Hind.
shangarf .]
1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. Cinnabar Græcorum [ Latin
Graecorum , gen. plural, of the Greeks.]
(Medicine) Same as Dragon's blood . --
Green cinnabar ,
a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. --
Hepatic cinnabar (Min.) ,
an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.
Cinnabarine Cin"na·ba·rine adjective [ Confer French
cinabarin .]
Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.
Cinnamene Cin"na·mene noun [ From
Cinnamic .]
(Chemistry) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene .
Cinnamic Cin·nam"ic adjective [ From
Cinnamon .]
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon. Cinnamic acid (Chemistry) ,
a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C 6 H 5 . C 2 H 2 C 2 H 2 .CO 2 H, 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.
Cinnamomic Cin`na·mom"ic adjective [ Latin
cinnamomum cinnamon.]
(Chemistry) See Cinnamic .
Cinnamon Cin"na·mon noun [ Hebrew
qinnāmōn ; confer Greek ..., ...,
cinnamomum , cinnamon. The Hebrew word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; confer 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. Cinnamon stone (Min.) ,
a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. --
Oil of cinnamon ,
a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C 6 H 5 .C 2 H 2 .CHO. - -
Wild cinnamon .
See Canella .
Cinnamone Cin"na·mone noun [
Cinnamic +
-one .]
A yellow crystalline substance, (C 6 H 5 . C 2 H 2 ) 2 CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
Cinnamyl Cin"na·myl noun [
Cinnamic +
-yl .]
(Chemistry) The hypothetical radical, (C 6 H 5 . C 2 H 2 ) 2 C, of cinnamic compounds. [ Formerly written also
cinnamule .]
Cinnoline Cin"no·line noun [
Cinn amic + quin
oline .]
A nitrogenous organic base, C 8 H 6 N 2 , analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.
Cinque Cinque noun [ French
cinq , from Latin
quinque five. See
Five .]
Five; the number five in dice or cards.
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; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.
Baron of the Cinque Ports . See under Baron .
Cinque-pace Cinque"-pace` noun [
Cinque +
pace .]
A lively dance (called also galliard ), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [ Obsolete]
Nares. Shak.
Cinque-spotted Cinque"-spot`ted adjective Five- spotted. [ R.]
Shak.
Cinquecentist Cin`que·cen"tist noun 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.
Cinquecento Cin`que·cen"to noun & adjective [ Italian , five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The
Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.]
The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento ; Cinquecento style.
Cinquefoil Cinque"foil` noun [
Cinque five +
foil , French
feuille leaf. See
Foil .]
1. (Botany) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla ; -- also called five-finger , because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Architecture) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil ,
the Potentilla palustris , a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh- water marshes.
Cinter Cin"ter noun [ French
cintre .]
(Architecture) See Center .
Cinura Ci·nu"ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... To move + ... tail.]
(Zoology) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail , and Lepisma .
Cion Ci"on noun [ Old French
cion . See
Scion .]
See Scion . The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft.
Bacon.
Cipher Ci"pher noun [ Old French
cifre zero, French
Chiffre figure (cf. Spanish
cifra , Late Latin
cifra ), from Arabic
çifrun ,
çafrun , empty, cipher, zero, from
çafira to be empty. Confer
Zero .]
1. (Arith.) A character [ 0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold. 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. Here he was a mere cipher .
W. Irving.
3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [ Obsolete]
This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures.
Sir W. Raleigh.
4. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher , an engraver's cipher , etc. The cut represents the initials N. W . 5. A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters. His father . . . engaged him when he was very young to write all his letters to England in cipher .
Bp. Burnet.
Cipher key ,
a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.
Cipher Ci"pher adjective Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence. "Twelve
cipher bishops."
Milton.
Cipher Ci"pher intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ciphered ;
present participle & verbal noun Ciphering .]
To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. "T was certain he could write and cipher too.
Goldsmith.
Cipher Ci"pher transitive verb 1. To write in occult characters. His notes he ciphered with Greek characters.
Hayward.
2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer. 3. To decipher. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 4. To designate by characters. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Cipherer Ci"pher·er noun One who ciphers.
Cipherhood Ci"pher·hood noun Nothingness. [ R.]
Goodwin.
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