Part 86

Ce*pa"ceous (?), a. [L. cepa, caepa, onion.] Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous.

Ceph`a*lal"gi*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; head + &?; pain.] (Med.) Headache.

Ceph`a*lal"gic (?), a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. &?;.] (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. -- n. A remedy for the headache.

Ceph"a*lism (?), n. [Gr. &?; head.] (Anthropol.) Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism.

Ceph`a*lom"e*try (?), n. (Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. -- Ceph`a*lo*met"ric (#),a.

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Cer"e*vis (sr"*vs; G. tsr`*vs"), n. [G., fr. L. cerevisia, cervisia, beer.] A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

Ce"ri*a (s"r*), n. (Chem.) Cerium oxide, CeO2, a white infusible substance constituting about one per cent of the material of the common incandescent mantle.

Ce"ro*type` (?), n. [Gr. &?; wax + - type.] A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.

Ce*ru"le*in (?), n. [L. caeruleus sky-blue.] (Chem.) A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.

Ce`ru*les"cent (?), a. [L. caeruleus sky-blue + -escent.] Tending to cerulean; light bluish.

Ce*ru"le*um (?), n. [NL.] A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight.

C. G. T. An abbreviation for Confédération Générale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union).

Cha (chä), n. [Chin. ch‘a.] [Also chaa, chais, tsia, etc.] Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.

A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed.

Tr. J. Van Linschoten's Voyages (1598).

Cha"gres fe"ver (?). (Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.

Chain tie. (Arch.) A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.

Chal`a*zog"a*my (?), n. [Chalaza + -gamy, as in polygamy.] (Bot.) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub in Casuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulaceæ and Juglandaceæ. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle. -- Chal`a*zo*gam"ic (#), a.

||Cham`bran"le (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) An ornamental bordering or framelike decoration around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.

Cham"bray (?), n. [From Cambrai, France. Cf. Cambric.] A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish.

||Cha`mi*sal" (?), n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane.] 1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral.

2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub.

||Champ`le*vé" (?), a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar.] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work.

Change gear. (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also change-speed gear.

Change key. A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key.

||Chan`son" de geste" (?). [F., prop., song of history.] Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the later chansons de geste.