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||Ce"te (?), n. [L., pl.] (Zo÷l.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.

Ce"tene (?), n. [See Cete.] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Cet"e*rach (?), n. [F. cÚtÚrac, fr. Ar. shetrak.] (Bot.) A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

Cet"e*wale (?), n. [OF. citoal, F. zedoaire. See Zedoary.] Same as Zedoary. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ce"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a whale.

Ce"tin (?), n. [L. cetus whale.] (Chem.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

Ce`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cetology.

Ce*tol"o*gist (?), a. One versed in cetology.

Ce*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; whale + -logy: cf. F. cÚtologie.] The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Ce*trar"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).

Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin.

Cet"ra*rin (?), n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

Ce"tyl (?), n. [Gr. &?; whale + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

Ce*tyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol.

Cey"lan*ite (?), n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]

Cey`lon*ese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon.

C. G. S. An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

Chab (chăb), n. (Zo÷l.) The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

{ Chab"a*site (kăb"&adot;*sīt), Cab"a*zite (kăb"&adot;*zīt), } n. [Gr. chabazi`os one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri` li`qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.

||Cha*blis" (sh&adot;*blē"), n. [F.] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.

{ ||Cha*bouk", ||Cha*buk" (?), } n. [Hind. chābuk horsewhip.] A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.

Chace (?), n. See 3d Chase, n., 3.

Chace, v. t. To pursue. See Chase v. t.

||Cha`cha*la"ca (?), n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zo÷l.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]

Chack (chăk), v. i. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

||Chac"ma (?), n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

||Cha*conne" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.