Part 1730

<blockquote>The poor shall never <b>cease</b> out of the land. <i>Deut. xv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.</syn>

<h1>Cease</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cease</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put a stop to; to bring to an end.</def>

<blockquote>But he, her fears to <b>cease</b> Sent down the meek-eyed peace. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Cease</b>, then, this impious rage. <i>Milton</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cease</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cease</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Extinction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ceaseless</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cease"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without pause or end; incessant.</def>

<h1>Ceaseless</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cease"less</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without intermission or end.</def>

<h1>Cecidomyia</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cec`i*do*my"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Nl., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a gall nut + <?/ a fly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See <er>Hessian fly</er>.</def>

<h1>Cecity</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"ci*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caecitas</ets>, fr. <ets>caecus</ets> blind: cf. F. <ets>c\'82cit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Blindness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne</i>.

<h1>Cecutiency</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*cu"tien*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caecutire</ets> to be blind, fr. <ets>caecus</ets> blind.]</ety> <def>Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Cedar</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"dar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ceder</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cedrus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.</def>

<note>&hand; The cedar of Lebanon is the <i>Cedrus Libani</i>; the white cedar (<spn>Cupressus thyoides</spn>) is now called <spn>Cham\'d2cyparis sph\'91roidea</spn>; American red cedar is the <spn>Juniperus Virginiana</spn>; Spanish cedar, the West Indian <spn>Cedrela odorata</spn>. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called <i>cedar</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Cedar bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of chatterer (<spn>Ampelis cedrarum</spn>), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also <altname>cherry bird</altname>, <altname>Canada robin</altname>, and <altname>American waxwing</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cedar</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"dar</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cedar.</def>

<h1>Cedared</h1> <Xpage=230>