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.

Cin"der*y (?), a. Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.

Cin`e*fac"tion (?), n. [LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cinÚfaction.] Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]

{ Cin`e*mat"ic (?), Cin`e*mat"ic*al (?) }, a. See Kinematic.

Cin`e*mat"ics (?), n. sing. See Kinematics.

Cin`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash- colored; cinereous.

||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 LinnŠan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

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 burned.

Cin`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. cinis ashes: cf. F. cinÚration.] The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

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

Cin`er*es"cent (?), a. Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

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.

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