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A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

Rate by the hundred; percentage.

Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1

A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes.

A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n.

Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. "Centenary solemnities." Fuller.

ssociated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876.

Once in a hundred years.

The middle or central portion of anything.

To be placed in a center; to be central.

An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

See under Cartridge.

Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.