CPage 317
- English Word Citron Definition A citron melon.
- English Word Citrus Definition A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
- English Word Cittern Definition An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
- English Word Cittern-head Definition Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.
- English Word City Definition A large town.
- English Word City Definition A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
- English Word City Definition The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
- English Word City Definition Of or pertaining to a city.
- English Word Cive Definition Same as Chive.
- English Word Civet Definition A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.
- English Word Civet Definition The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.
- English Word Civet Definition To scent or perfume with civet.
- English Word Civic Definition Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.
- English Word Civicism Definition The principle of civil government.
- English Word Civics Definition The science of civil government.
- English Word Civil Definition Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
- English Word Civil Definition Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
- English Word Civil Definition Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
- English Word Civil Definition Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
- English Word Civil Definition Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.