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Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [Written also Singhalese.]

The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]

A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.] This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

An inscription written around anything. [R.] Ashmole.

tic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story.

instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak.

One skilled in the civil law. Ancient civilians and writers upon government. Swift.

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. "Clerical work." E. Everett. A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.

A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak.

tracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] McCulloch.

Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.] Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys.

ore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges. [Written also combings.]

A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]

color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in the air, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue when warmed.

tercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]

An instrument in writting whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.

thout a cape. (b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Writting also quoif.] From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke. The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.…