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CESTUS, n. The girdle of Venus, or marriage-girdle, among the Greeks and Romans.
CESURA, CESURAL, a. Pertaining to the cesure.
CESURE, n. A pause in verse, so introduced as to aid the recital, and render the...
CETACEOUS, a. Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceo...
CETATE, n. A compound of cetic acid, with a base.
CETERACH, n. A trivial name of a species of Asplenium, or spleen-wort.
CETIC, a. Pertaining to the whale. The cetic acid is a peculiar substance obtain...
CETIN, n. A name given to spermaceti by Chevreul.
CETOLOGICAL, n. Pertaining to cetology.
CETOLOGIST, n. One who is versed in the natural history of the whale and its kin...
CETOLOGY, n. The doctrine or natural history of cetaceous animals.
CETUS, n. In astronomy, the whale, a large constellation of the Southern hemisph...
CEYLANITE, n. A mineral, classed with the ruby family; called also pleonaste. It...
CHABASIE, CHABASITE, n. A mineral which has been regarded as a variety of zeolit...
CHAD, n. A kind of fish; pronounced shad.
CHAFE, v.t. 1. To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin;...