Ce"rused (?), a. Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. Beau. & Fl.
{ Ce"ru*site (?), Ce"rus*site (?), } n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
Cer"van*tite (?), n. [Named from Cervantes a town in Spain.] (Min.) See under Antimony.
Cer"ve*lat (?), n. [F.] (Mus.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.
Cer"vi*cal, a. [L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebrŠ.
Cer"vi*cide (?), n. [L. cervus deer + caedere to kill.] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]
Cer"vine (?), a. [L. cervinus, fr. cervus deer: cf. F. cervin.] (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family CervidŠ.
||Cer"vix (?), n.; pl. E. Cervixes (#), L. Cervices (#). [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.
||Cer"vus (?), n. [L., a deer.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.
&fist; Formerly all species of deer were included in the genus Cervus.
Ce"ryl (?), n. [L. cera wax + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.
{ Ce*sa"re*an (?), Ce*sa"ri*an, } a. Same as CŠsarean, CŠsarian.
Ce"sar*ism (?), n. See CŠsarism.
Ces"pi*tine (?), n. [L. caespes, caespitis, a turf.] An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.
Ces"pi*ti`tious (?), a. [L. caespiticius, fr. caespes turf.] Same as Cespitious. [R.] Gough.
Ces"pi*tose` (?), a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also cŠspitose.]
Ces"pi*tous (?), a. [See Cespitose.] Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.
A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting.
Martyn.
Cess (?), n. [For sess, conts. from Assess.] 1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.