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CINCHONA, n. The Peruvian bark, quinquina, of which there are three varieties, t...
CINCTURE, n. 1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body. 2. That whic...
CINDER, n. 1. Small coals or particles of fire mixed with ashes; embers. 2. Smal...
CINDER-WENCH,WOMAN, n. A woman whose business is to rake into heaps of ashes for...
CINERATION, n. The reducing of any thing to ashes by combustion.
CINEREOUS, a. Like ashes; having the color of the ashes of wood.
CINERITIOUS, a. Having the color or consistence of ashes.
CINGLE, n. A girth; but the word is little used. [See Surcingle .]
CINNABAR, n. Red sulphuret of mercury. Native cinnabar is an ore of quicksilver,...
CINNABARINE, a. Pertaining to cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it...
CINNAMON, n. The bark of two species of Laurus. The true cinnamon is the inner b...
CINQUE, n. A five; a word used in games.
CINQUE-FOIL, n. Five-leaved clover, a species of Potentilla.
CINQUE-PACE, n. A kind of grave dance.
CINQUE-PORTS, n. Five havens on the eastern shore of England, towards France, vi...
CINQUE-SPOTTED, a. Having five spots.