CELANDINE, sel'an-d[=i]n, _n._ swallow-wort, the popular name (and
corruption) of _Chelidonium majus_, a perennial papaveraceous (poppy) herb,
so named because it was supposed to flower when the swallows appeared, and
to perish when they departed. [O. Fr. _celidoine_--Gr.
_chelidonion_--_chelid[=o]n_, a swallow.]
CELEBRATE, sel'e-br[=a]t, _v.t._ to make famous: to distinguish by solemn
ceremonies, as a festival or an event: to perform with proper rites and
ceremonies, as mass, the eucharist, marriage, &c.: to publish the praises
of.--_n._ CEL'EBRANT, one who celebrates: the principal officiant at the
holy communion.--_adj._ CEL'EBRATED, distinguished: famous.--_ns._
CELEBR[=A]'TION, act of celebrating any solemn ceremony, as the eucharist
(_high_, if with music, &c.; _low_, if without): an extolling;
CELEBR[=A]T'OR, one who celebrates; CELEB'RITY, the condition of being
celebrated: fame: notoriety: a person of distinction or fame. [L.
_celebr[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_celeber_, frequented.]
CELERITY, sel-er'it-i, _n._ quickness: rapidity of motion. [Fr.,--L.
_celeritas_--_celer_, quick.]
CELERY, sel'er-i, _n._ a kitchen vegetable cultivated for its long blanched
succulent stalks. [Fr. _céleri_--L. and Gr. _sel[=i]non_, parsley.]
CELESTIAL, sel-est'yal, _adj._ heavenly: dwelling in heaven: in the visible
heavens.--_n._ an inhabitant of heaven.--_adv._ CELEST'IALLY.--THE
CELESTIAL EMPIRE, a name for China. [Through Fr. from L.
_coelestis_--_coelum_, heaven.]
CELESTINE, sel'es-t[=i]n, or sel-es'tin, _n._ one of an order of monks
following the rule of St Benedict, wearing a white garment with black hood
and scapulary, founded about 1254 by Peter da Murrone, who became Pope
_Celestine_ V. in 1294, and resigned after five years--'the great refusal'
of Dante.
CELESTINE, sel'es-tin, _n._ a mineral, native sulphate of strontia.--Also
CEL'ESTITE. [From its sky-blue colour.]
CELIAC, s[=e]'li-ak, _adj._ Same as COELIAC.
CELIBACY, sel'i-bas-i, or se-lib'as-i, _n._ a single life: an unmarried
state.--_adjs._ CELIBAT[=A]'RIAN, favouring celibacy; CEL'IBATE, living
single.--_n._ one unmarried, or not allowed to marry. [L. _coelebs_,
single.]
CELL, sel, _n._ a small room in a prison, monastery, &c.: a cave: a small
shut cavity: the grave: a unit-mass of living matter, whether rounded off
by itself, as in the simplest plants or animals, and in the youngest stage
of all organisms, or associated with other cells to form a higher
unity.--_adjs._ CELLED, having cells, cellular; CELLIF'EROUS, having or
producing cells; CELL'ULAR, CELL'ULATED, consisting of or containing
cells.--_n._ CELL'ULE, a little cell.--_adj._ CELLULIF'EROUS, having or
producing little cells.--_n._ CELL'ULOID, a hard elastic compound used for
ivory, obtained by hydraulic pressure from pyroxylin, mixed with camphor,
&c.--_adj._ CELL'ULOSE, containing cells.--_n._ the substance of which the
permanent cell-membranes of plants are composed. [O. Fr. _celle_--L.
_cella_, conn. with _cel[=a]re_, to cover.]
CELLA, sel'a, _n._ the body of the temple, as distinguished from the
portico, &c.
CELLAR, sel'ar, _n._ any underground room or vault: a cell underground,
where stores are kept, esp. wine, &c.--_v.t._ to store in a cellar.--_ns._
CELL'ARAGE, space for cellars: cellars: charge for storing in cellars;
CELL'ARER, CELL'ARIST, one who has charge of the cellar: an officer in a
monastery who has the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions;
CELL'ARET, an ornamental case for holding bottles; CELL'ARMAN, one who has
the care of a cellar.--_adj._ CELL'AROUS (_Dickens_), belonging to a
cellar: excavated: sunken. [O. Fr. _celier_--L. _cellarium_--_cella_.]
CELLO, chel'o, for VIOLONCELLO; sometimes written 'CELLO.--CELLIST,
'CELLIST, for VIOLONCELLIST.
CELLULARES, sel-[=u]-l[=a]'rez, _n.pl._ a name sometimes applied to the
_Cryptogamia_--properly only to the mosses and lower cryptogams.
CELT, selt, _n._ a cutting instrument of stone or bronze found in ancient
barrows. [Founded on _Celte_, perh. a misreading for _certe_ ('surely'), in
the Vulgate, Job, xix. 24, there being apparently no such Latin word as
_celtes_, a chisel.]
CELT, selt, _n._ one of the Celts, an Aryan race, now represented by the
Bretons, the Welsh, the Irish, and the Scottish Highlanders--also
Kelt.--_adj._ CELT'IC.--_ns._ CELT'ICISM, a Celtic idiom or custom;
CELTOM[=A]'NIA. [L. _Celtæ_; Gr. _Keltoi_ or _Keltai_.]
CEMENT, se-ment', _n._ anything that makes two bodies stick together:
mortar: a bond of union.--_v.t._ to unite with cement: to join
firmly.--_n._ CEMENT[=A]'TION, the act of cementing: the process by which
iron is turned into steel, glass into porcelain, &c.--done by surrounding
them with a cement or powder and exposing them to heat.--_adjs._
CEMENT'ATORY, CEMENTI'TIOUS, having the quality of cementing or uniting
firmly. [O. Fr. _ciment_--L. _cæmentum_, chip of stone used to fill up in
building a wall, _cædimentum_--_cæd[)e]re_, to cut.]
CEMETERY, sem'e-t[.e]r-i, _n._ a burying-ground. [Low L. _cæmeterium_--Gr.
_koim[=e]t[=e]rion_.]
CENACLE, sen'a-kl, _n._ a supper-room, esp. that in which the Last Supper
was eaten by Jesus and His disciples. [Fr. _cénacle_--L. _cenaculum_.]
CENOBITE. Same as COENOBITE.
CENOTAPH, sen'[=o]-taf, _n._ a sepulchral monument to one who is buried
elsewhere. [Fr.,--L.--Gr. _kenotaphion_--_kenos_, empty, and _taphos_, a
tomb.]
CENOZOIC, s[=e]-no-z[=o]'ik, _adj._ Same as CAINOZOIC.
CENSE, sens, _v.t._ to burn incense before: (_obs._) to think.--_n._
(_obs._) a public rate or tax: rank, condition. [See CENSUS.]
CENSER, sens'[.e]r, _n._ a pan in which incense is burned. [O. Fr.
_censier_, _encensier_ (mod. _encensoir_)--Low L. _incensorium_--L.
_incend[)e]re_, _incensum_, to burn.]
CENSOR, sen'sor, _n._ in ancient Rome, an officer who kept account of the
property of the citizens, imposed taxes, and watched over their morals: an
officer who examines books or newspapers before they are printed: one who
censures or blames.--_adjs._ CENS[=O]'RIAL, belonging to a censor, or to
the correction of public morals; CENS[=O]'RIOUS, expressing censure:
fault-finding--also CENS[=O]'RIAN.--_adv._ CENS[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_ns._
CENS[=O]'RIOUSNESS; CEN'SORSHIP, office of censor: time during which he
holds office.--CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS, a regulation of certain
governments, by which books and newspapers must be examined by officers,
whose approval is necessary to their publication. [L.,--_cens[=e]re_, to
weigh, to estimate.]
CENSURE, sen'sh[=u]r, _n._ an unfavourable judgment: blame: reproof:
(_obs._) criticism, judgment generally.--_v.t._ to blame: to condemn as
wrong.--_adj._ CEN'SURABLE, deserving of censure: blamable.--_n._
CEN'SURABLENESS.--_adv._ CEN'SURABLY. [L. _cens[=u]ra_, an opinion, a
severe judgment--_cens[=e]re_, to estimate or judge.]
CENSUS, sen'sus, _n._ an official enumeration of the inhabitants of a
country, and of statistics relating to them.--_adj._ CEN'SUAL, relating to
or containing a census. [L. _census_, a register.]
CENT, sent, _n._ a hundred: an American coin--the hundredth part of a
dollar.--_ns._ CENT'AGE, rate by the hundred; CENT'AL, a weight of 100 lb.
proposed for general adoption, legalised in 1878.--PER CENT., by the
hundred. [L. _centum_, a hundred.]
CENTAUR, sen'tawr, _n._ a fabulous monster, half-man, half-horse.--_adj._
CENTAU'RIAN. [L.,--Gr. _kentauros_; ety. dub.]
CENTAURY, sen'taw-ri, _n._ an annual with pink or rose-coloured flowers,
possessing the tonic and other medicinal virtues of gentian, esteemed in
medicine since the days of Galen.
CENTENARY, sen'tin-ar-i (also sometimes sen-t[=e]n'ar-i and even
sen-ten'ar-i), _n._ a hundred: a century or hundred years.--_adj._
pertaining to a hundred.--_ns._ CENTEN[=A]'RIAN, one a hundred years old;
CENTEN[=A]'RIANISM; CENTENIER (sen'ten-[=e]r), a centurion: a
police-officer in Jersey. [L.,--_centeni_, a hundred each--_centum_.]
CENTENNIAL, sen-ten'i-al, _adj._ happening once in a hundred years.--_n._ a
hundredth anniversary. [Coined from L. _centum_, and _annus_, a year.]
CENTER. See CENTRE.
CENTERING, sen't[.e]r-ing, _n._ (_archit._) the framework upon which an
arch or vault of stone, brick, or iron is supported during its
construction.
CENTESIMAL, sen-tes'i-mal, _adj._ hundredth.--_adv._ CENTES'IMALLY. [L.
_centesimus_--_centum_.]
CENTIFOLIOUS, sen-ti-f[=o]'li-us, _adj._ hundred-leaved.
CENTIGRADE, sen'ti-gr[=a]d, _adj._ having a hundred degrees: divided into a
hundred degrees, as the centigrade thermometer constructed by Celsius
(1701-44), in which freezing-point is zero and boiling-point is 100° (for
its relation to the Fahrenheit scale, see THERMOMETER). [L. _centum_, and
_gradus_, a step, a degree.]
CENTIGRAMME, sen'ti-gram, _n._ in the Metric System, the hundredth part of
a gramme, or .1543248 of a gr. troy. [Fr.,--L. _centum_, a hundred, and
GRAMME.]
CENTILITRE, sen'ti-l[=e]-tr, _n._ the hundredth part of a litre, a little
more than 6/10ths of a cubic inch. [Fr.,--L. _centum_, a hundred, and
LITRE.]
CENTIME, sen-t[=e]m', _n._ the hundredth part of anything, esp. a French
coin, the hundredth part of a franc. [Fr.,--L. _centum_, a hundred.]
CENTIMETRE, sen'ti-m[=e]-tr, _n._ a lineal measure, the hundredth part of a
metre--0.3937 inches. [Fr.,--L. _centum_, a hundred, _metrum_, Gr.
_metron_, a measure.]
CENTINEL. Same as SENTINEL.
CENTIPEDE, sen'ti-p[=e]d, _n._ a general name for the members of one of the
orders of the class _Myriapoda_, being segmented animals bearing jointed
appendages, having a well-defined head furnished with feelers and jaws, and
breathing by means of air-tubes or tracheæ. [L. _centum_, and _pes_,
_pedis_, a foot.]
CENTNER, sent'ner, _n._ a common name on the Continent for a hundredweight.
CENTO, sen'to, _n._ a name applied to literary trivialities in the form of
poems manufactured by putting together distinct verses or passages of one
author, or of several authors, so as to make a new meaning: a composition
formed by joining scraps from other authors: expressing contempt, a mere
string of commonplace phrases and quotations:--_pl._ usually
CEN'TOS.--_ns._ CEN'TOIST; CEN'TONISM, CEN'TOISM. [L. _cento_, Gr.
_kentr[=o]n_, patchwork.]
CENTRE, CENTER, sen't[.e]r, _n._ the middle point of anything, esp. a
circle or sphere: the middle: the point toward which all things move or are
drawn: the chief leader of an organisation--head-centre: the men of
moderate political opinions in the French Chamber, sitting right in front
of the president, with extreme men on the right and on the left--further
subdivisions are RIGHT-CENTRE and LEFT-CENTRE: the Ultramontane party in
Germany.--_v.t._ to place on or collect to a centre.--_v.i._ to be placed
in the middle:--_pr.p._ cen'tring, cen'tering; _pa.p._ cen'tred,
cen'tered.--_adj._ CEN'TRAL, belonging to the centre, principal, dominant:
belonging to a nerve-centre, of affections caused by injury to the brain or
spinal cord.--_ns._ CENTRALIS[=A]'TION, CEN'TRALISM, the tendency to
administer by the sovereign or central government matters which would be
otherwise under local management.--_v.t._ CEN'TRALISE, to draw to a
centre.--_n._ CENTRAL'ITY, central position.--_advs._ CEN'TRALLY,
CEN'TRICALLY.--_ns._ CEN'TRE-BIT, a joiner's tool, turning on a centre, for
boring circular holes--one of the chief tools of the burglar;
CEN'TRE-BOARD, a shifting keel, fitted to drop below and in line with the
keel proper in order to increase or diminish the draught of a boat--much
used in United States racing yachts; CEN'TRE-PIECE, an ornament for the
middle of a table, ceiling, &c.--_adjs._ CEN'TRIC, CEN'TRICAL, relating to,
placed in, or containing the centre.--_ns._ CEN'TRICALNESS, CENTRIC'ITY;
CEN'TRUM, the body of a vertebra.--CENTRAL FIRE, said of a cartridge in
which the fulminate is placed in the centre of the base, as opposed to _rim
fire_; CENTRAL FORCES, forces whose action is to cause a moving body to
tend towards a fixed point called the centre of force.--CENTRE OF
ATTRACTION, the point to which bodies tend by the force of gravity; CENTRE
OF BUOYANCY, or DISPLACEMENT, the point in an immersed body at which the
resultant vertical pressure may be supposed to act; CENTRE OF GRAVITY, a
certain point, invariably situated with regard to the body, through which
the resultant of the attracting forces between the earth and its several
molecules always passes; CENTRE OF INERTIA, or MASS, the centre of a set of
parallel forces acting on all the particles of a body, each force being
proportional to the mass of the particle on which it acts; CENTRE OF
OSCILLATION, the point in a body occupied by that particle which is
accelerated and retarded to an equal amount, and which therefore moves as
if it were a single pendulum unconnected with the rest of the body; CENTRE
OF PERCUSSION, the point in which the direction of a blow, given to a body,
intersects the plane in which the fixed axis and the centre of inertia lie,
making the body begin to rotate about a fixed axis, without causing any
pressure on the axis; CENTRE OF PRESSURE, the point at which the direction
of a single force, which is equivalent to the fluid pressure on the plane
surface, meets the surface. [Fr.,--L. _centrum_--Gr. _kentron_, a sharp
point.]
CENTRIFUGAL, sen-trif'[=u]-gal, _adj._ relating to the force directed
towards the centre of curvature constantly required to keep a body moving
in a curve instead of in its natural straight line: (_bot._) applied to an
inflorescence when the development proceeds from the apex towards the base
of the axis or leaf, as opposed to _centripetal_, when it is from the base
upwards towards the apex.--_n._ CEN'TRIFUGE, a centrifugal machine. [L.
_centrum_, and _fug-[)e]re_, to flee from.]
CENTRIPETAL, sen-trip'et-al, _adj._ of a force impelling a body towards
some point as a centre. [L. _centrum_, and _pet-[)e]re_, to seek.]
CENTROBARIC, sen-tro-bar'ik, _adj._ relating to the centre of gravity. [L.
_centrum_, and Gr. _baros_, weight.]
CENTRODE, sen'tr[=o]d, _n._ a locus traced out by the successive positions
of an instantaneous centre of pure rotation.
CENTUMVIR, sen-tum'vir, _n._ one of the Roman judges chosen annually for
civil suits, originally 105 in number (three from each of the thirty-five
tribes):--_pl._ CENTUM'VIR[=I].--_n._ CENTUM'VIRATE. [L. _centum_, a
hundred, and _vir_, a man.]
CENTUPLE, sen't[=u]-pl, _adj._ hundredfold.--_v.t._ CENT[=U]'PLICATE, to
multiply a hundred times.--_n._ CENTUPLIC[=A]'TION. [L.
_centuplex_--_centum_, and _plic[=a]re_, to fold.]
CENTURY, sen't[=u]-ri, _n._ a hundred, or something consisting of a hundred
in number, as sonnets, &c.: a hundred years.--_adj._ CENT[=U]'RIAL.--_ns._
CENT[=U]'RI[=A]TOR, the centuriators of Magdeburg were a group of Reformed
divines who in the 16th century compiled a church history in 13 vols., each
volume covering a century; CENT[=U]'RION, among the Romans, the commander
of a hundred men.--CENTURY PLANT (see AGAVE). [L. _centuria_--_centum_.]
CEORL, churl, _n._ before the Norman Conquest an ordinary freeman not of
noble birth. [A.S.]
CEPHALASPIS, sef-a-las'pis, _n._ a genus of fossil Ganoid fishes found in
the Upper Silurian and Devonian measures. [Gr. _kephal[=e]_, the head,
_aspis_, a shield.]
CEPHALIC, se-fal'ik, _adj._ belonging to the head--also
CEPHALIS'TIC.--_ns._ CEPHALAG'RA, gout in the head; CEPHALAL'GIA,
CEPH'ALGY, headache.--_adjs._ CEPHALAL'GIC; CEPH'ALATE, having a head, as a
mollusc.--_n._ CEPHAL[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the brain.--_adjs._
CEPH'ALOID, in the form of the head: spherical.--_ns._ CEPH'ALO-TH[=O]'RAX,
the anterior division of the body in arthropods; CEPHALOT'OMY, the
dissection of the head.--_adj._ CEPH'ALOUS, having a head. [Gr.
_kephalikos_--_kephal[=e]_, the head.]
CEPHALOPODA, sef-al-op'od-a, _n.pl._ the highest class of molluscs, usually
large animals, exclusively marine, with well-developed head region, but
having the ventral surface grown round the mouth and split up into arms
bearing suckers--more commonly _cuttlefish_.--_adj._ CEPH'ALOPOD. [Gr.
_kephal[=e]_, the head, _pous_, _podos_, the foot.]
CEPHALOPTERA, sef-a-lop't[.e]r-a, _n._ a name formerly used for a genus of
rays. [Gr. _kephal[=e]_, the head, _ptera_, wings.]
CERAMIC, se-ram'ik, _adj._ pertaining to pottery. [Gr. _keramos_, potter's
earth.]
CERASINE, ser'a-sin, _n._ the insoluble portion of the gum which exudes
from the cherry, &c. [L. _cerasus_, Gr. _kerasos_, the cherry-tree.]
CERASTES, se-ras't[=e]z, _n._ a genus of poisonous snakes having a horny
process over each eye. [L.; Gr. _kerast[=e]s_--_keras_, a horn.]
CERATE, s[=e]'r[=a]t, _n._ a compound of wax with other oily or medicinal
substances in such proportions as to form a stiff ointment.--_adj._
C[=E]'RATED.--_n._ CERO'MANCY, divination from figures produced by melted
wax when dropped into water. [L. _cer[=a]re_, _cer[=a]tum_, to cover with
wax, _cera_, wax.]
CERATITIS, ser-a-t[=i]'tis, _n._ inflammation of the cornea.--Also
KERAT[=I]'TIS.
CERATODE, ser'a-t[=o]d, _n._ the horny skeletal substance of sponges--also
CER'ATOSE.--_adjs._ CERAT'ODOUS, CER'ATOSE.
CERATOID, ser'a-toid, _adj._ horny.
CERAUNIC, se-raw'nik, _adj._ pertaining to, or produced by, thunder.--_ns._
CERAU'NITE, a belemnite; CERAU'NOSCOPE, an apparatus for imitating thunder
and lightning in ancient mysteries. [Gr. _keraunos_, a thunderbolt.]
CERBERUS, ser'b[.e]r-us, _n._ (_myth._) the monster that guarded the
entrance to Hades, a dog with three, according to some a hundred,
heads.--_adj._ CERB[=E]'RIAN. [L.--Gr. _Kerberos_.]
CERCARIA, ser-k[=a]'ri-a, _n._ the technical name applied to an embryonic
form of many flukes.--_adj._ CERC[=A]'RIAN. [Gr. _kerkos_, a tail.]
CERE, s[=e]r, _v.t._ to cover with wax.--_n._ the bare waxlike patch at the
base of the upper part of the beak in birds.--_adj._ CER[=A]'CEOUS, of or
like wax.--_ns._ CER[=A]'GO, a wax-like substance (bee-bread) used by bees
as food; CERE'CLOTH, CERE'MENT, a cloth dipped in melted wax in which to
wrap a dead body: a winding-sheet or grave-clothes generally.--_adjs._
C[=E]'REOUS, waxy; C[=E]'RIC.--_ns._ C[=E]'RIN, C[=E]'RINE, the portion of
wax which dissolves in boiling alcohol: a waxy substance obtained by
boiling grated cork in alcohol; C[=E]'ROGRAPH, a writing on wax: an
encaustic painting.--_adjs._ CEROGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_ns._ CEROG'RAPHIST;
CEROG'RAPHY, the art of writing or engraving on wax.--_adj._ CEROPLAS'TIC,
modelled or moulded in wax.--_n._ the art of modelling in wax.--_n._
CER'OSINE, a wax-like substance produced on the surface of certain species
of sugar-cane. [L. _cera_, cog. with Gr. _k[=e]ros_, wax; Gr. _graphein_,
to write, _plassein_, to mould.]
CEREAL. See CERES.
CEREBRUM, ser'e-brum, _n._ the front and larger part of the brain.--_adjs._
CEREBELL'AR, CEREBELL'OUS.--_n._ CEREBELL'UM, the hinder and lower part of
the brain.--_adj._ CER'EBRAL, pertaining to the cerebrum.--_ns._
CER'EBRALISM, the theory that all mental operations originate in the
cerebrum; CER'EBRALIST.--_v.i._ CER'EBRATE, to show brain action.--_n._
CEREBR[=A]'TION, action of the brain, conscious or unconscious, marked by
molecular changes in the cerebrum.--_adjs._ CER'EBRIC, cerebral;
CEREB'RIFORM, brain-shaped.--_ns._ CER'EBRIN, a name given to several
nitrogenous non-phosphorised substances obtained from the brain;
CEREBR[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the cerebrum.--_adj._ CER'EBRO-SP[=I]N'AL,
relating to the brain and spinal cord together.--CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, the
two great divisions of the cerebrum. [L. _cerebrum_, the brain; prob. cog.
with Gr. _kara_, the head, _kranion_, the cranium.]
CEREMONY, ser'e-mo-ni, _n._ a sacred rite: the outward form, religious or
otherwise: any empty form without inwardness: pomp or state; a portent or
omen.--_adj._ CEREM[=O]'NIAL, relating to ceremony.--_n._ outward form: a
system of ceremonies.--_n._ CEREM[=O]'NIALISM, adherence to outward
form.--_adv._ CEREM[=O]'NIALLY.--_adj._ CEREM[=O]'NIOUS, full of ceremony:
particular in observing forms: precise.--_adv._ CEREM[=O]'NIOUSLY.--_n._
CEREM[=O]NIOUSNESS.--MASTER OF CEREMONIES, the person who directs the form
and order of the ceremonies to be observed on some public occasion.
[Fr.--L. _cærimonia_, sanctity.]
CERES, s[=e]'r[=e]z, _n._ the Roman name for the Greek Dem[=e]t[=e]r,
goddess of tillage and corn.--_adj._ C[=E]'REAL, relating to corn or edible
grain.--_n.pl._ C[=E]'REALS, the grains used as food, such as wheat,
barley, &c. [L. prob. from root of _cre[=a]re_, to create.]
CEREUS, s[=e]'ri-us, _n._ a large genus of cactuses, including some of the
most imposing forms. [L., 'waxen.']
CERGE, s[.e]rj, _n._ a large wax-candle burned before the altar.--Also
CIERGE, SERGE. [O. Fr.,--L. _cereus_--_cera_, wax.]
CERINTHIAN, ser-in'thi-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Cerinthus_, one of the
earliest heretics in the Christian Church, against whose crude Gnosticism
the Gospel of John was written, according to Irenæus.
CERIPH. Same as SERIF.
CERISE, ser-[=e]z', _n._ and _adj._ a light and clear red colour. [Fr.,
'cherry.']
CERIUM, s[=e]'ri-um, _n._ a rare metal found in the mineral C[=E]'RITE,
which is its hydrated silicate. [Named from the plant _Ceres_.]
CERN, s[.e]rn (_Shak._). CONCERN.
CEROMANCY. See CERATE.
CEROON. See SEROON.
CEROPLASTIC. See CERE.
CERTAIN, s[.e]r't[=a]n, or s[.e]r'tin, _adj._ sure: not to be doubted:
resolved: fixed: regular: inevitable: some: one.--_advs._ CER'TAINLY,
(_Scot._) CER'TY, CER'TIE.--_ns._ CER'TITUDE, CER'TAINTY.--'A CERTAIN
PERSON,' implying some degree of contempt; A LADY OF A CERTAIN AGE, of an
age best not stated accurately--at least no longer young.--FOR CERTAIN,
assuredly.--MORAL CERTAINTY, a conviction so justifiable that one is
morally entitled to act on it. [O. Fr.,--L. _certus_--_cern-[)e]re_, to
decide.]