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A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

ch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. --Cin*cin"nal (#), a.

That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

Having or wearing a cincture or gridle.

The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.

See Clinker-built.

two equal triangles, when placed one on the other. If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.

Coincidence. [R.]

Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.

Coincident.

With coincidence.

One who coincides with another in an opinion.

A British wagtail.

Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n.

Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.