CIMMERIAN, sim-[=e]'ri-an, _adj._ relating to the _Cimmerii_, a tribe
fabled to have lived in perpetual darkness: extremely dark.
CIMOLITE, sim'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a species of clay, or hydrous silicate of
aluminium, used as fuller's earth. [Gr. _kim[=o]lia_, prob. from
_Kim[=o]los_, an island of the Cyclades.]
CINCH, sinch, _n._ a saddle-girth.--_v.i._ to tighten the cinch. [Sp.
_cincha_--L. _cingula_.]
CINCHONA, sin-k[=o]'na, _n._ a genus of trees, yielding the bark so much
valued in medicine, from which the most important alkaloids, quinine and
its congeners, are obtained--also called _Peruvian bark_.--_adjs._
CINCHON[=A]'CEOUS, CINCHON'IC.--_n._ CIN'CHONINE, an alkaloid obtained from
the bark of several species of cinchona.--_adj._ CINCHONIN'IC.--_n._
CINCHONIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ CIN'CHONISE, to bring under the influence of
cinchona or quinine.--_n._ CIN'CHONISM, a morbid state due to overdoses of
cinchona or quinine. [Said to be so named from the Countess of _Chinchon_,
who was cured of a fever by it in 1638.]
CINCTURE, singk't[=u]r, _n._ a girdle or belt: a moulding round a
column.--_v.t._ to gird, encompass.--_adjs._ CINCT, surrounded; CINC'TURED,
having a cincture. [L. _cinctura_--_cing[)e]re_, _cinctum_, to gird.]
CINDER, sin'd[.e]r, _n._ the refuse of burned coals: anything charred by
fire: (_slang_) some strong stimulant put in tea, soda-water, &c.--_ns._
CINDEREL'LA, a scullery-maid; CINDEREL'LA-DANCE, an early dancing-party
ending at midnight--from the nursery tale.--_adj._ CIN'DERY. [A.S.
_sinder_, scoriæ, slag.]
CINEMATOGRAPH. See KINEMATOGRAPH.
CINENCHYMA, si-neng'ki-ma, _n._ laticiferous tissue, consisting of
irregularly branching and anastomosing vessels.--_adj._ CINENCHYM'ATOUS.
[Gr. _kinein_, to move, _engchyma_, infusion.]
CINERARIA, sin-e-r[=a]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of plants, with flowers of
various colours, chiefly belonging to South Africa, but also grown in
greenhouses in Britain and elsewhere. [L. _cinerarius_--_cinis_, _cineris_,
ashes.]
CINERARY, sin'e-ra-ri, _adj._ pertaining to ashes.--_ns._ CINER[=A]'TION;
CINER[=A]T'OR; CIN[=E]'REA, gray or cellular, as distinguished from white
or fibrous, nerve tissue.--_adjs._ CIN[=E]'REAL; CIN[=E]'REOUS, ashy-gray;
CINERES'CENT, becoming ashy-gray; CINERI'TIOUS, ashy-gray: pertaining to
gray nerve tissue. [L. _cinereus_, ashy--_cinis_, _cineris_, ashes.]
CINGALESE, sing'ga-l[=e]z, _n._ a native of Ceylon.--_adj._ belonging to
Ceylon.
CINGULUM, sing'g[=u]-lum, _n._ the girdle of an alb. [L.--_cing[)e]re_, to
gird.]
CINNABAR, sin'a-bar, _n._ sulphuret of mercury, called vermilion when used
as a pigment.--_adj._ vermilion-coloured.--_adjs._ CINNABAR'IC,
CINN'ABARINE. [L.,--Gr. _kinnabari_, a dye, from Persian.]
CINNAMON, sin'a-mon, _n._ the spicy bark of a laurel in Ceylon: the
tree.--_adj._ cinnamon-coloured.--_adjs._ CINNAM'IC, CINNAMON'IC, obtained
from, or consisting of, cinnamon.--_n._ CINN'AMON-STONE, a kind of stone
found in Ceylon, of a cinnamon or reddish-brown colour, sometimes cut for
jewellery. [L. _cinnamomum_--Heb. _kinnamon_.]
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CINQUE, singk, _n._ the number five as on dice.--_ns._ CINQUE'-CEN'TO (It.,
'five hundred'), a phrase sometimes applied, in treating of architecture
and art, to the Renaissance period, which began about 1500; CINQUE'-FOIL
(_her._), a common bearing representing a flower with five petals borne
full-faced and without a stalk: (_bot._) species of plants of the genus
_Potentilla_: the five-bladed clover; CINQUE'-PACE (_Shak._), a kind of
dance, the pace or movement of which is characterised by five
beats.--_n.pl._ CINQUE'-PORTS, the five ancient ports on the south of
England lying opposite to France--Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney, and
Hastings.--_adj._ CINQUE'-SPOT'TED (_Shak._), having five spots. [Fr.]
CIPHER, s[=i]'f[.e]r, _n._ (_arith._) the character 0: any of the nine
figures: anything of little value, whether persons or things: a nonentity:
an interweaving of the initials of a name: a secret kind of
writing.--_v.i._ to work at arithmetic: to write in cipher: of an
organ-pipe, to sound independent of the organ: (_Shak._) to
decipher.--_ns._ C[=I]'PHERING; C[=I]'PHER-KEY, a key to a cipher or piece
of secret writing. [O. Fr. _cifre_, Fr. _chiffre_--Ar. _sifr_, empty.]
CIPOLIN, sip'[=o]-lin, _n._ a granular limestone containing mica.--Also
CIPOLLINO (ch[=e]-pol-l[=e]'n[=o]). [It.,--_cipolla_, an onion.]
CIPPUS, sip'us, _n._ the stocks: a monumental pillar. [L. _cippus_, a
post.]