CIEL. See CEIL.
CIERGE. See CERGE.
CIGAR, si-gär', _n._ a roll of tobacco-leaves for smoking.--_n._
CIGARETTE', a little cigar made of finely-cut tobacco rolled in thin paper.
[Sp. _cigarro_.]
CILIA, sil'i-a, _n.pl._ hair-like lashes borne by cells.--_adjs._ CIL'IARY,
CIL'I[=A]TE, CIL'I[=A]TED, CILIF'EROUS, having cilia; CIL'I[=I]FORM, very
thin and slender like cilia. [L. _cilium_, pl. _cilia_, eyelids,
eyelashes.]
CILICE, sil'is, _n._ hair-cloth: a penitential garment made of
hair-cloth.--_adj._ CILIC'IOUS. [L.,--Gr. _kilikion_, a cloth made of
Cilician goat's hair.]
CIMAR. Same as SIMAR.
CIMBRIC, sim'brik, _adj._ pertaining to the ancient _Cimbri_, a people from
central and northern Europe, crushed by Marius, 101 B.C.--Also CIM'BRIAN.
[Sometimes made Celtic by a desperate analogy with the name _Cymry_.]
CIMEX, si-meks', _n._ a bug.--_adjs._ CIMIC'IC, CIMIC'IOUS.--_n._
CIMICIF'UGA, the genus of bugworts or bugbanes, natural order
_Ranunculaceæ_. [L. _cimex_.]