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Five; the number five in dice or cards.

erwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] Nares. Shak.

Five-spotted. [R.] Shak.

A student or imitator of the art or literature of the Cinquecento.

he sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

namental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

.] Cowell. Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. -- Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port. -- Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolis…

See Cinquefoil.

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

itant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel. -- Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five- finger. -- Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus). (b) In the United S…

An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.

root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

See Cinque. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.