Cinnabar GrŠcorum (&?;). [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) 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.
Cin"na*ba*rine (?), a. [Cf. F. cinabarin.] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.
Cin"na*mene (?), n. [From Cinnamic.] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.
Cin*nam"ic (?), a. [From Cinnamon.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.
Cinnamic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C6H5. C2H2C2H2.CO2H, 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.
Cin`na*mom"ic (?), a. [L. cinnamomum cinnamon.] (Chem.) See Cinnamic.
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.] (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, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. - - Wild cinnamon. See Canella.
Cin"na*mone (?), n. [Cinnamic + -one.] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5. C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
Cin"na*myl (?), n. [Cinnamic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, (C6H5. C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]
Cin"no*line (?), n. [Cinnamic + quinoline.] A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.
Cinque (?), n. [F. cinq, fr. L. quinque five. See Five.] Five; the number five in dice or cards.
||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, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.
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 of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
2. (Arch.) 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.
Cinque"-pace` (?), n. [Cinque + pace.] A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] Nares. Shak.
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"-spot`ted, a. Five- spotted. [R.] Shak.
Cin"ter (?), n. [F. cintre.] (Arch.) See Center.
||Ci*nu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; To move + &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.
Ci"on (?), n. [OF. 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.
Ci"pher (?), n. [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf. Sp. cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. šifrun, šafrun, empty, cipher, zero, fr. šafira to be empty. Cf. 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.