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CEREBRO-SPINAL a.
the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is not contagious.
CERINTHIAN n.
One of an ancient religious sect, so called fron Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics. Hook.
CERITE n. 2 definitions
A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiïdæ; -- so called from its hornlike form.
CERO n.
y on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
CEROTIN n.
H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.
CERRIS n.
A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
CETYLIC a.
from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; - - called also cetyl alcohol.
CEYLANITE n.
A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]
CHABASITE; CABAZITE n.
or from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.
CHACMA n.
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon.
CHAFFINCH n.
illa coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
CHAJA n.
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, or Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.
CHALCOCITE n.
Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.]
CHALDEAN a. 4 definitions
A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
CHALYBITE n.
Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.
CHAMBRANLE n.
ike decoration around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.
CHAMOIS n. 2 definitions
A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
CHANCRE n.
fically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Soft chancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid.
CHANCROID n.
in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.
CHANGE v. 15 definitions
Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from t…
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