Part 244

1. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

2. A tight grip. [Colloq.]

Cin*cho"na (?), n. [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.

2. (Med.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Cin`cho*na"ceous (?), a. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

Cin*chon"ic (?), a. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne.

Cin*chon"i*dine (?), n. [From Cinchona.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

Cin"cho*nine (?), n. [From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

Cin"cho*nism (?), n. [From Cinchona.] (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

Cin"cho*nize (?), v. t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

Cin`cin*na"ti ep"och (?). (Geol.) An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York.

Cinc"ture (?), n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.] 1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.

2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Cinc"tured (?), n. Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.

Cin"der (s&ibreve;n"d&etilde;r), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.] 1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.

3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.

4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.

Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders. -- Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.

Cin"der*y (?), a. Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.

Cin`e*fac"tion (?), n. [LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cinÚfaction.] Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]

{ Cin`e*mat"ic (?), Cin`e*mat"ic*al (?) }, a. See Kinematic.

Cin`e*mat"ics (?), n. sing. See Kinematics.

Cin`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash- colored; cinereous.

||Cin`e*ra"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.] (Bot.) A LinnŠan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

Cin"er*a*ry (?), a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.

Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.