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CICADA-CICINDELA.

eclus. It is also the coffer or case in which the host is deposited. CCADA, se-ka'da, s. (cicada, a grasshopper, Lat.) The Grasshoppers, a genus of Hemipterous insects, celebrated for their shrill chirp or song. The cicadas are divided into two leading sections, the Cicadide, or singing cicadas, and the Cercople, or leaping cicadas.

ADARLE, Sik-a-da're-e,) s. (cicada, one of the CCADIDE, sik-a'de-de, genera.) The Singag Grasshoppers, a family of leaping Hemipterous insects, remarkable for their musical chirp. There is only one species in Britain, C. Anglica, but, in the south of Europe, in India and Africa, they are most abundant, are much larger, and louder in their sang.

CRADELLA, sik-a-del'la, s. A genus of Hemiptere as insects: Family, Cicadida. CCATRICE, Sik'a-tris, Į s. (cicatrix, Lat. and Fr. CHATRIX, sik'a-triks, cicatrice, Ital.) The scar remaining after a wound. In Conchology, the glossy impression on the inside of valves to which the muscles of the animal have been attached. CICATRICLE, sik'a-trik-kl, s. (cicatricula, Lat.) The germinating or fatal point in the embryo of a seed, or the yolk of an egg. CICATRICOSE, sik'a-tre-koze,) CICATROSE, Sik'a-troze, CICATRISANT, sik-a-tris' ant, s. which induces a cicatrice, CICATRISIVE, sik-a-triz'iv, a.

cicatrice.

a. Full of scars. An application Proper to induce a

CICATRIZE, Sik'a-trize, v. a. To heal a wound by inducing a skin; to apply healing medicines to a wound or ulcer.

Cicces, sik'kus, 8. A genus of Hemipterous insects: Family, Cicadida.

CICELY, sis'le, s. The common name of the Umbelliferous plants of the genus Charophyllum. CICER, si'sur, s. (kiker, force or strength, Gr. from its nutritive qualities.) The Chick-pea, a genus of Leguminous plants: Tribe, Vicieæ. CICERONE, tshe-tshe-ro'ne, s. (Italian.) A guide; one who explains curiosities.

CICERONIAN, sis-se-ro'ne-an, a. Having a flowing, pare, and elegant style.

CICERONIANISM, sis-se-ro ́ne-an-izm, 8. Imitation of the style of Cicero.

CICHLASOMA, sik-la-so'ma, s. (cylea, a genus of fishes of the same family, and soma, a body, Gr.) A genus of fishes with oval bodies, the caudal and the large pectoral fins rounded; ventrals long and pented; dorsal and anal long and attenuated behind: Family, Chaetodonida.

CICHORACEE, si-ko-ra'se-e, s. A tribe of Composite plants, distinguished by their corollas being säit or ligulate, constituting Lindley's suborder Liguliflora.

CICHORACEOUS, si-ko-ra'shus, a. Having the properties of succory.-See Cichorium. CICHORIUM, si-koʻre-um, s. (cichorie, Fr.) Succory, a genus of Composite plants, of which C. intybus, or wild succory, is the only British species. C. endira, the Endive is an extremely wholesome salad, possessing bitter and anodyne qualities. ! CICIGNA, sis'e-na, s. A genus of the Lacertida, or long-tongued lizards: Order, Saures. CICINDELA, se-sin'de-la, s. (cicindela, a glow-worm, Lat.) A genus of Coleopterous insects of predatory habits, and remarkable for the beauty of their

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colours. This Linnæan genus is now divided into twenty subgenera, of which only one is British, and to this the term cicindela is restricted. CICINDELETE, se-sin'de-le-te, s. (cicindela, one of the genera.) A tribe of Coleopterous insects, belonging to the family Carnivora.

CICINURUS, sis-e-nu'rus, s. (kikinos, a curled lock of hair, and oura, a tail, Gr. in reference to the form of the tail.) A genus of the Paradisada, or Birds of Paradise, in which the hypochondrical feathers are broad and compact, with truncated ends.

CICISBEISM, tshe-tshiz'be-izm, s. (from cicisbeo.) The conduct of a cicisbeo; the practice of dangling about married ladies. CICISBEO, tshe-tshiz'be-o, s. (Italian.) A term applied to a person in Italy who attends on a married lady with all the respect and devotion of a lover. The word is synonymons with cavalier servente. CICONIA, si-ko'ne-a, s. (Latin.) The Storks, a genus of wading-birds, the largest of the Heron family, measuring, when standing erect, nearly six feet; they are social and useful birds, and, from their destroying vast numbers of reptiles and other vermin, are encouraged in many countries to build near the habitations of men. CICURATE, sik ́u-rate, v. a. (cicuro, Lat.) To tame; to reclaim from wildness; to make tractable. CICURATION, sik-u-ra ́shun, s. The act of taming or reclaiming from wildness.

CICUTA, se-ku'ta, s. (A word used by Pliny, but of doubtful meaning.) The Cowbane, or Waterhemlock, a genus of umbelliferous plants with white flowers and reddish anthers, one of the rankest of our deadly poisons.

CID, sid, s. (French.) An Arabian chief; a com

mander.

CIDARIS, sid ́a-ris, s. (Latin, a turban or mitre.) The name given to the mitre of the Jewish highpriest; a genus of Echini, made up of polygonal plates, and having the surface divided vertically by bands, with rows of double perforations studded over with papillæ, to which moveable spines are attached; the mouth beneath, central, and supplied with teeth; the vent above, and vertical; also, a genus of the Senectinæ, or Snakeshells; pearlaceous; turbinate; generally smooth; the base not produced; aperture round, but oblique. CIDER, si'dur, s. (Saxon, cidre, Fr.) A fermented liquor made from the expressed juice of apples; the term formerly denoted all kinds of strong liquors, except wine.

He schal not drinke wyn ne sydyr.-Wickliffe. CIDERIST, si'dur-ist, s. A maker of cider. CIDERKIN, si'dur-kin, s. An inferior kind of cider, made from the gross matter of apples after the cider is pressed out. CIELING. See Ceiling.

CIERGE, seerj, s. (French.) A candle carried in processions.

CIGAR, se-gar', s. (cigarro, Span.) Tobacco leaves rolled into a tubular form, used for smoking. CILIA, sil'e-a, s. (cilium, an eyelash, Lat.) The hairs which grow on the margin of the eyelids : the term is likewise applied to the hairlike filaments which project from animal membranes, and are endowed with quick vibratile motion, as in the infusoria, polypi, and sponges. It is also used in Botany for the long hairs situated on the margin of leaves, &c.

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fine hairs, like those of the eyelash. CILICEA, sil-e-se'a, s. A genus of Crustaceans: Order, Isopoda.

CILICIOUS, sil-ish'us, a. Made of hair. CILIOGRADA, sil-e-o-gra'da, s. (cilium, an eyelash, and grauior, I proceed by steps, Lat.) A tribe of the Acalephans, or Sea-nettles, comprehending such species as swim by means of cilia. CILLOSIS, sil-lo ́sis, s. (cilium, the eyelid, Lat.) A spasmodic trembling of the eyelid. CIMELIARCH, sim-e ́le-ŭrk, s. (from keimeliarches, Gr.) The chief keeper of plate, vestments, and things of value belonging to a church; also, the name given to the apartment in a church where articles of value are deposited.

CIMEX, si'miks, s. (cimex, a bug, Lat.) A Linnæan genus of Hemipterous insects, now subdivided into eight families, each including several genera and many species, all of which have the mouth consisting of one lengthened proboscis, with bristlelike processes employed in wounding the vegetable and animal substances, on the juices of which they feed. The common Bed-bug, Cimex lectuarius, the type of the extensive tribe Cimicides. CIMICIDES, se-mnis'e-des, s. (cimer, one of the genera, Lat.) A tribe of Hemipterous insects, of which Cimex is the type.-Which see. CIMICIFUGA, se-me-sif u-ga, s. (cimex, a bug, and fugo, I drive away, Lat. in reference to certain virtues the plants possess, particularly C. fætida.) A genus of perennial herbs, with racemes of whitish flowers, and drastic poisonous roots: Order, Rununculaceæ.

CIMITER.-See Scimitar.

CIMMERIAN, Sim-me're-an, a. Relating to the Cimmerii, a people on the western coast of Italy; extremely dark.

Hence, loathed melancholy,

In dark cimmerian desert ever dwell.-Milton. CIMOLITE, sim'o-lite, s. (island of Cimolo, now Argenteria, situated near Milo.) A light grey silicate of alumina, occurring sometimes massive, or of a slaty texture. It is dull, opaque, and has an earthy fracture. It consists of silica, 63.00; alumina, 23; oxide of iron, 1.25; water, 12. CINARA. See Cynara.

CINARIA, sin-are-a, s. (cineres, ashes, Lat. in reference to the fine soft white down which clothes

the lower and often the upper surface of the leaves.) A genus of Composite plants: Tribe, Senecioneæ.

CINCHONA, Sin-ko'na, s. (said to be in honour of the Countess de Chinchon, rice queen of Peru, who was cured of a fever in 1638 by this remedy.) The celebrated genus of plants which yields the valuable medicine Peruvian bark, and its extract quinine classed under the order Rubiacea, but by Lindley made to form the type of his order Cinchonacea, in which Rubiacea is included. CINCHONACEÆ, sin-ko-na'se-e, s. (cinchona, one of the genera.) The Rubiacere of Jussieu and

CINCHONINE-CINNABAR.

other botanists, a natural order of plants, consisting of trees, shrubs, and herbs, with epipetalons stamens, straight anthers, bursting longitudinally; and leaves with interpetiolar stipules; calyx adherent; corolla superior and tubular; stamens arising from the corolla, all on the same line and alternate with its segments. The order is nearly allied to the Composites, but is distinguished by its distinct anthers, bilocular or plurilocular ovary, abundant albumen, small embryo, and stipules.

CINCHONINE, sin'ko-nine, s. A substance constituting the salifiable base or alkali of the plant Cinchona conclaminaa.

CINCLIDOTUS, sin-kle-do'tus, s. (kigklidotos, grated, Gr. from the netted manner in which the cilia of the peristome are united in parcels.) A genus of moss plants found floating in streams: Tribe, Evaginulati.

CINCLUS, sin'klus, s. A genus of the Myotherinæ, or Ant-thrushes: Family, Merulidæ. CINCTURE, singk'ture, s. (cinctura, Lat.) A belt; a girdle; a band; something worn round the body; an enclosure. In Architecture, the ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, separating the shaft from its capital or base. CINDER, sin'dur, s. (sinder, Sax. cendre, Fr.) The residue of coal after combustion; a hot coal that has ceased to flame.

CINDER-WENCH, sin'dur-wensh, s. A woman CINDER-WOMAN, sin'dur-wum-un, who gains a livelihood by raking ashpits.

'Tis under so much nasty rubbish laid, To find it out's the cinder-woman's trade.Essay on Satire. CINEFACTION, sin-e-fak'shun, s. (cinis, ashes, and facio, I make, Lat.) Reduction to the state of ashes.

CINERARY, sin'e-ra-re, a. (cinis, Lat.) Relating

to ashes.

CINERAS, sin'e-ras, s. A genus of Barnacles, allied to Lepas, or forming part of that genus: Order, Chirropoda.

I a.

The reduction of

CINERATION, sin-e-ra'shun, s. things to ashes by combustion. CINEREOUS, sin-e're-us, Of the colour of CINERITIOUS, sin-e-rish'us, ashes. CINERULENT, se-ner'u-lent, a. Full of ashes. CINETICA, se-net ́c-ka, s. (kineo, I move, Gr.) In Pathology, a name given by Mason Good to the third order of the class Neurotica, including such diseases as affect the muscles as the organs of motion.

CINGALESE, sin-ga-lese', s. An inhabitant of Ceylon;-a. of or belonging to Ceylon.

CINGLE, sing'gl, s. (cingulum, Lat.) A girth for a

horse.

CINGULUM, sin'gu-lumn, s. (cingulum, a girdle, Lat.) In Zoology, a term applied to the neck of a tooth, or that constriction which separates the crown from the fang. The term is also used for the transverse series of bony bands in the arinour of the armadillo, &c.

CINNA, sin'na, s. (kein, to heat, Gr. from its heating qualities.) A genus of American grasses, allied to Agrostis: Order, Graminaceæ. CINNABAR, sin'na-bar, s. The sulphuret of mercury, a mineral varying in colour from carmine through cochineal-red to lead-grey. Cinnabar is the most abundant and important ore of mercury,

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which is obtained from it in a metallic state by Komation Vermilion is pure cinnabar, being a espond of mercury and sulphur, in nearly the sure proportion, viz.: mercury, 84.50; sulphur, 14.75: sp. gr. 6.7 to 8.2.

CAMATE, sin'na-mate, s. A compound formed by the union of cinnamic acid and a metallic oxide. DINAMON, sina-mun, &. The bark of the Cinnacam Zeylandica-See Cinnamonum. INNAMON-STONE, sin'na-mun-stone, 8. (from its or resembling that of cinnamon.) A mineral da red colour, with an occasional orange-yellow tog, found in Ceylon, Sweden, and Brazil. It cars commonly in masses, full of fissures, and is mposed of silica, 40; alumina, 22.99; lime, 30.57; oxide of iron, 3.66, with minute portions of potash and magnesia. CINNAMONUM, sin-na-mo'num, 8. (china, and amo

, a genus of plants.) A genus of plants, two species of which yield the highly aromatic bark Unnamon, brought from the hollow parts of Asia: Order, Lauraceae.

CINNAMCLE, sin'na-mule, s. The hypothetical hase of cinnamon and of cinnamic acid, = C18, B7, 02. Cinnamic acid, an acid formed in hard transport prisms, when oil of cinnamon is long posed to the action of the atmosphere, = C18, E, 03: Symb. CiO. CISTRIDE, sin-nir'e-de, s. (cinnyris, one of the ger) The Sun-birds, a family of birds, some of which have remarkably brilliant plumage. The family is placed by Swainson between the MeliphaDe, Honeysuckers, and the Trochilidæ, or Hanning-birds.

CINSTRIS, sin'ne-ris, s. The Sun-bird, a genus of birds: Type of the family Cinnyrida. Croque, singk, & (French.) The number five; a term used in certain games.

CINQUEFOIL, singk ́foyl, s. In Botany, the common Lame of plants of the genus Potentilla. In Architecture, a five-leaved ornament, in circular and other divisions of the windows of ancient churches, and also on panels. It is a rosette of five equal aves; when in circles, the leaves not formed by the solid parts, but by the open spaces; there is as an open space in the middle.

CEPACE, singk'pase, s. (cinque, and pas, a step, Fr.) A kind of slow dance. COCE PORTS, singk'portse, s. Five havens that lie the east part of England, towards France, which have a particular policy, and are governed by a keeper, with the title of the Lord-warden of the Cque Ports, which office belongs to the constable ef Dover; and their representatives are called Barons of the Cinque Ports. These five ports are, Dever, Hastings, Romney, Hythe, and Sandwich; to which Winchelsea and Rye have been added. CIRQUE-SPOTTED, singk'spot-ted, a. Having five

spots.

On her left breast

A mole, cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops
I' th' bottom of a cowslip.-Shaks.

COSTS, si-o'nus, &. A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Rhyncophora.

CIPOLIS, sip'o-lin, a. A green Italian marble, with white zones. That from Rome contains carbonate ad lime, 67.8; quartz, 25.00; shistus, 8; and a attle iron. The cipolin of Autun consists of carboaste of lime, 83; green mica, 12; iron, 1. CIPHER, 'fur, &. (chiffre, Fr.) In Arithmetic, one

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CIPHERING-CIRCLE.

of the numerals marked thus (0), signifying nothing by itself, but when placed on the right of a common number it increases it tenfold, or on the left of a decimal it lessens it in like proportion. It is also a kind of conjunctive character, consisting of letters interwoven : these are generally the initials of a person's name. Cipher also denotes certain secret characters disguised and varied, used in writing letters for the purpose of secresy. The properties necessary in this kind of writing are, that the cipher be easy to read by the person for whom it is intended, and clear of suspicion by any stranger into whose hands the same may fall;v. n. to practise arithmetic;-v. a. to write in occult characters; to designate; to characterize. CIPHERING, si'fur-ing, s. The act of casting ac

counts.

CIPPUS, sip'pus, s. In Antiquity, a low column, with an inscription, erected on highways to show the way to travellers, or to serve as a boundary, or mark the grave of some one interred at the spot. CIRCEA, ser-se'a, s. (Circe, in Mythology, the famous enchantress, in reference to the fruit which lays hold of the clothes of passengers, from being covered with hooked prickles, as Circe is said to have done by her enchantments.) A genus of herbaceous plants: Order, Onagraceæ. CIRCAETUS, ser-ka'e-tus, s. (kirkos, Greek name for a

falcon that moves round in a circle.) A genus of the Aquilinæ, or Eagles: Family, Falconida. CIRCASSIAN, ser-kas'she-an, 8. A native of Circassia;-a. pertaining to Circassia, a country situated on the northern declivity of Mount Caucasus. CIRCENSIAN, ser-sen'she-an, a. (cirsenses, Lat.) Relating to the exhibitions in the Roman amphitheatres.

CIRCIAN, ser'she-an, a. Pertaining to Circe, the daughter of Sol and Perseus, who was supposed to have great knowledge of magic and venomous herbs, by means of which she was able to fascinate and work her incantations.

An orbicular mo

CIRCILLIUM, ser-sil'le-um, s. A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Lamellicornes. CIRCINAL, ser ́se-nal, a. (kirkos, a circle, Gr.) In Botany, applied when the leaves of plants are rolled up in a spiral manner downwards, the tip being in the centre. CIRCINATE, ser'se-nate, v. a. To make a circle; to compass. CIRCINATION, ser-se-na'shun, s. tion; a turn round. CIRCINUS, ser'sin-us, s. (Latin.) In Astronomy, the Compasses, a constellation near the south pole. CIRCLE, ser'kl, s. (circol, Sax. circulus, Lat. cercle, Fr.) In Geometry, a plane figure comprehended by a single curve line, called its circumference, having all its parts equally distant from a common centre; the space included in a circular line; a round body; an orb; compass; enclosure; an assembly; a surrounding company; a series ending as it begins, and perpetually repeated; circumlocution; indirect form of words; an inconclusive form of argument, in which the foregoing proposition is proved by the following, and the following proposition is inferred from the foregoing; -v. a. to move round anything; to enclose; to surround; to circle in, to confine; to keep together; v. n. to move circularly.

CIRCLE, Horary, on the globe, a brazen circle fixed to the north pole, and furnished with an index,

CIRCLE CIRCLING.

CIRCUIT-CIRCULATORIOUS.

CIRCUIT, ser ́kit, 8. (French.) The act of moving round anything; the space enclosed in a circle; space or extent measured by travelling round; a ring; a diadem; that by which anything is encircled; the visitations of the judges for holding assizes; the tract of country visited by the judges; circumlocution. Circuit of action, in Law, a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to recover anything sued for;-v. n. to move in a circle;-v. a. to move round; to travel round. CIRCUITION, ser-ku-ish'un, s. (circuitio, Lat.) The act of going round; compass; maze of argu

ment.

CIRCUITOUS, ser-ku ́e-tus, a. Going round about; not direct.

showing the difference of meridians, and serving for the solution of many problems. On globes of late structure, this circle is often placed on the equator, and the index is made to slide on a brass wire running parallel to the equator, and above it. In Dialing, horary circles are the lines which show the hours on dials, though these be not drawn circular, but nearly straight. CIRCLE of Illumination, a circle passing through the centre of the earth or moon, perpendicular to a line drawn from the sun to the respective body. This is supposed to separate the illuminated part of the globe from the darkened part, which it does very nearly. CIRCLE of Perpetual Apparition, one of the less circles parallel to the equator, described by any point of the sphere touching the northern point of the horizon, and carried about with the diurnal CIRCUITY, ser-ku’e-te, s. An indirect or orbicular motion. All the stars included within this circle never set, but are ever visible above the horizon. CIRCLE of Perpetual Occultation is another circle at a like distance from the equator, and contains all those stars which never appear in our hemisphere. The stars situated between these circles alternately rise and set at certain times. CIRCLES of Declination are great circles intersecting each other in the poles of the world. CIRCLES, Diurnal, are parallels to the equinoctial, supposed to be described by the stars, and other points of the heavens, in their apparent diurnal rotation about the earth.

CIRCLES, Druidical, a name given to certain ancient enclosures, formed by rude stones circularly arranged. These, it is supposed, were temples, or places for solemn assemblies, for councils, or seats of judgment.

CIRCLES of Excursion are circles parallel to the ecliptic, and at such a distance from it, as that the excursions of the planets towards the poles of the ecliptic may be included within them; usually fixed at ten degrees.

CIRCLES of Latitude, or Secondaries of the Ecliptic, are great circles perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, passing through the poles thereof, and through every star and planet. They are so called, because they serve to measure the latitude of the stars, which is nothing but an arch of one of these circles intercepted between the star and the ecliptic. CIRCLES of Longitude are several less circles parallel to the ecliptic, still diminishing in proportion as they recede from it. On the arches of these circles the longitude of the stars is reckoned. CIRCLES, Polar, are immoveable circles, parallel to

the equator, and at a distance from the poles equal to the greatest declination of the ecliptic. CIRCLES of the Sphere, such as cut the mundane sphere, and have their circumference in its surface. They are either moveable or fixed. CIRCLED, ser'kld, a.

round.

CIRCLER, ser'kler, s.
-Obsolete.

Having the form of a circle;

A mean commonplace poet.

Nor so begin as did that circler late,
I sing a noble war, and l'riam's fate.-

Ben Jonson.

CIRCLET, ser klit, s. A little circle or orb.

CIRCUITOUSLY, Ser-ku'e-tus-le, ad. In a circuitous

manner.

course.

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CIRCULAR, ser'ku-lar, a. Round like a circle; cir-
cumscribed by a circle; successive in order; always
returning circumforaneous; ending in itself.
Circular lines, such straight lines as are divided
from the divisions made in the arch of a circle.
Circular letter, a letter addressed to a number of
persons having a common interest. Circular
parts, five parts of a right-angled or a quadrantal
spherical triangle; they are the legs, the comple-
ment of the hypothenuse, and the complements of
the two oblique angles. Circular polarization, in
the undulatory theory of light, a supposed circular
rotation of the particles of ether in certain media,
when a pencil of plane polarized light is allowed
to pass through these media.
CIRCULARITY, ser-ku-lar'c-te, s.
CIRCULARLY, ser ́ku-lăr-le, a.
in form of a circle.

CIRCULATE, ser'ku-late, v. n.

A circular form. Ending in itself;

To move in a circle; to move round and return to the same point; to be dispersed; to move from place to place, or from person to person;-v. a. to cause to move from place to place; to travel round; to put about; to disseminate.

CIRCULATING, ser'ku-lay-ting, a. part. Moving in a circle; passing from hand to hand. Circulating decimals, decimals in which two or more figures are constantly repeated in the same order. Circulating medium, in Commerce, the medium of exchanges, or of sale and purchase, whether it be gold, silver, paper, or any other article considered as representing the value of the article bought or

sold.

CIRCULATION, ser-ku-la'shun, s. Motion in a circle; a course in which the motion tends to the point from which it began; a series in which the same order is always observed, and things always return to the same state; a reciprocal interchange of meaning; currency; circulating coin. In Physiology, applied to the function whereby the blood is conveyed from the left ventricle of the heart, through the systematic arteries, and veins, and right auricle, to the right ventricle; and from thence through the pulmonary organs, or lungs, to

the left auricle.

Certain ladies or countesses, with plain circlets of gold CIRCULATORIOUS, ser-ku-la-to're-us, a. Travelling

without flowers.-Shaks.

CIRCLING, ser'kling, a. part. Having the form of

a circle; circular; round.

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CIRCULATORY-CIRCUMFLUENT.

CIRCUMFLUOUS-CIRCUMSCRIBE.

r-kum'flu-us, a..

Environing

with waters.

He the world

Built on circumfluous waters calm, in wide Crystaline ocean.-Milton.

CERCULATORY, serʼku-lay-tur-e, a Circular;- CIRCUMFLUOUS, ser-) & a chemical vessel. CCCLES, ser ka-lus, a. (Latin.) In Anatomy, my round or annular part of the body; as, ciroculi, the orb of the eye. CIRCUMAMBIENCY, ser-kum-am be-en-se, s. (circ, round about, and ambio, I encompass, Lat.) The act of encompassing or surrounding. CIRCUMAMBIENT, ser-kum-am'be-ent, a. passing; surrounding; enclosing. CIRCUMAMBULATE, ser-kum-am'bu-late, v. n. (circa, and ambulo, I walk, Lat.) To pass round

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CIRCUMCISION, Ser-kum-sizh'un, s. of catting off the prepuce or foreskin in males, and the labia minora in females; a rite practised not only by the Jews in ancient times, but by the Egyptians, Idumæans, Ammonites, Moabites, and Istrelites of the desert. The Jews practise circoncision only on males; the Arabs, Egyptians, and Persians, on both sexes. CIRCUMCLUSION, ser-kum-klu’zhun, s. The act of enclosing all round. CIRCUMCURSATION, ser-kum-kur-za'shun, s. (circum, and curso, I run, Lat.) The act of running up and down.

CIRCUMDUCT, ser-kumʼdukt, v. a. (circum, and daco, I lead, Lat.) To contravene; to nullify; a tena of civil law.

CIRCUMDUCTION, ser-kum-duk'shun, s. Cancelataon; a leading about.-Obsolete.

By long circumduction, perhaps any truth may be dersed from any other truth.-looker. CIRCUMFERENCE, ser-kuin'fe-rens, s. (circumferesti, Lat.) The line or lines bounding any figure; the periphery of a circle; the space enclosed in a circle; the external part of an orbicular body; an orb; a circle; anything circular or orbicular. CIRCUMFERENTIAL, ser-kum-fe-ren'shal, a. Relating to the circumference; circular. CIRCUMFERENTOR, ser-kum-fe-ren'tur, s. An instrament used by surveyors in measuring angles by the magnetic needle. CIRCUMFLECT, ser'kum-flekt, v. a. (circumflecto, Lat.) To place the circumflex accent on words. CIRCUMFLEX, ser ́kum-fleks, 8. (circumflexus, Lat.) An accent used to regulate the pronunciation of syllables, including or participating of the acute and grave-marked thus (A). CIRCUMFLEXUS, ser-kum-flek'sus, s. A muscle of the palate. The term is also applied to such arteries as wind round bones or joints. CIRCUMFLUENCE, ser-kum'flu-ens, s. (circum, and fo, I flow, Lat.) An enclosure of waters. CIRCUMFLUENT, ser-kum'flu-ent, a. round anything; surrounding as a fluid.

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CIRCUMFORANEAN, ser-kum-fo-ra'ne-an, a. (cirCIRCUMFORANEOUS, ser-kum-fo-ra'ne-us, foraneus, Lat.) Travelling about; wandering from house to house.

CIRCUMFUSE, ser-kum-fuze', v. a. (circumfusus, Lat.) To pour round; to spread every way as a fluid.

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This nymph the god Cephisus had abus'd, With all his winding waters circumfus'd.—Addison. CIRCUMFUSILE, ser-kum-fu'sil, a. That may be poured or spread round anything. CIRCUMFUSION, ser-kum-fu'zhun, s. spreading round; the state of being poured round. CIRCUMGESTATION, ser-kum-jes-ta'shun, s. (circumgesto, Lat.) The act of carrying about. CIRCUMGYRATE, ser-kum'je-rate, Įv. a. (circum, CIRCUMGYRE, ser-kum-jire', and gyro, I

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turn about, Lat.) To roll or turn round. CIRCUMGYRATION, ser-kum-je-ra'shun, 8. act of turning or rolling round. CIRCUMITION, ser-kum-ish'un, s. (circumeo, Lat.) The act of going round.

CIRCUMJACENT. ser-kum-ja'sent, a. (circumjaceo, Lat.) Lying round anything: bordering on every side.

CIRCUMLIGATION, ser-kum-le-ga'shun, s. (circumligo, Lat.) The act of binding round; the band with which anything is encompassed. CIRCUMLOCUTION, ser-kum-lo-ku'shun, s. (circumlocutio, Lat.) A circuit or compass of words; periphrasis; indirect expression. ReCIRCUMLOCUTORY, ser-kum-lok'u-tur-e, a. lating to circumlocution; wordy; using many words. CIRCUMMURED, ser-kum-murde', a. (circummunio, Lat.) Walled round; encompassed with a wall. He hath a garden circummur'd with brick.-Shaks. CIRCUMNAVIGABLE, ser-kum-nav'e-ga-bl, a. (circumnavigo, Lat.) That may be sailed round. CIRCUMNAVIGATE. ser-kum-nav'e-gate, v. a. sail round. CIRCUMNAVIGATION, ser-kum-nav-e-ga'shun, s. The act of sailing round. CIRCUMNAVIGATOR, ser-kum-nav'e-gay-tur, s. One who sails round.

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CIRCUMPLICATION, ser-kum-ple-ka'shun, s. (circumplico, Lat.) The state of being enwrapped. CIRCUMPOLAR, ser-kum-po'lar, a. Applied to those stars which appear to revolve round the north pole, and never set in the northern latitudes. CIRCUMPOSITION, ser-kum-po-zish'un, s. The act of placing in a circular form. CIRCUMRASION, ser-kum-raʼzhun, s. (circumrasio, Lat.) The act of shaving or paring round. CIRCUMROTATION, ser-kum-ro-ta'shun, s. (circum, and rota, a wheel, Lat.) The act of revolving round as a wheel. CIRCUMROTATORY, ser-kum-ro'ta-tur-re, a. Turning or whirling round. CIRCUMSCISSILE, ser-kum-sis'sile, s. (circumscindo, I cut round, Lat.) In Botany, a kind of dehiscence which occurs in some fruits, being a transverse circular separation of the sides of the ovary. CIRCUMSCRIBE, ser'kun-skribe, v. a. (circum, and scribo, I write, Lat.) To enclose; to limit; to confine; to set bounds to.

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