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2. (Biol.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.

||Cil`i*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Cilia.] (Zo÷l.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

{ Cil"i*ate (?), Cil"i*a`ted (?), } a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Cil"ice (?), n. [F. See Cilicious.] A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey.

Ci*li"cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.

Ci*li"cious (?), a. [L. cilicium a covering, orig. made of Cilician goat's hair, fr. Cilicious Cilician, fr. Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.] Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.]

A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne.

{ Cil"i*form (?), Cil"i*i*form` (?), } a. [Cilium + -form] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.

Cil"i*o*grade (?), a. [Cilium + L. gradi to step: cf. F. ciliograde.] (Zo÷l.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde MedusŠ.

||Cil"i*um (?), n. [L., eyelid.] See Cilia.

Cill (?), n. See Sill., n. a foundation.

||Cil*lo"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. cilium eyelid.] (Med.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Ci"ma (?), n. (Arch.) A kind of molding. See Cyma.

Ci*mar" (?), n. See Simar.

Cim"bal (?), n. [It. ciambella.] A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares.

Cim"bi*a (?), n. (Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]

Cim"bri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. -- n. One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.

Cim"bric (?), a. Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. -- n. The language of the Cimbri.

Ci*me"li*arch (?), n. [L. cimeliarcha, Gr. &?;, treasurer.] A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.

Cim"e*ter (?), n. See Scimiter.

||Ci"mex (?), n.; pl. Cimices (#). [L., a bug.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Cim"i*a (?), n. (Arch.) See Cimbia.

Ci"miss (?), n. [L. cimex, -icis, a bug.] (Zo÷l.) The bedbug. [Obs.] Wright.

Cim*me"ri*an (?), a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also Kimmerian.] 1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

2. Without any light; intensely dark.

In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.

Cim"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; (sc. &?;) Cimolian earth, fr. &?;, L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

Cinch (?), n. [Sp. cincha, fr. L. cingere to gird.]