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<hw>Ce"dared</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered, or furnished with, cedars.</def>

<h1>Cedarn</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"darn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cede</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ceded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ceding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>cedere</ets> to withdraw, yield; akin to <ets>cadere</ets> to fall, and to E. <ets>chance</ets>; cf. F. <ets>c\'82der</ets>.]</ety> <def>To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; <as>as, to <ex>cede</ex> a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The people must <i>cede</i> to the government some of their natural rights. <i>Jay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cedilla</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*dil"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>cedilla</ets>, cf. F. <ets>c\'82dille</ets>; dim. of <ets>zeta</ets>, the Gr. name of the letter <ets>z</ets>, because this letter was formerly written after the <ets>c</ets>, to give it the sound of <ets>s</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mark placed under the letter <i>c</i> [thus, \'87], to show that it is to be sounded like <i>s</i>, as in <i>fa\'87ade</i>.</def>

<h1>Cedrat</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"drat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>c\'82drat</ets>. See <er>Cedar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Properly the citron, a variety of <i>Citrus medica</i>, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.</def>

<h1>Cedrene</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"drene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rich aromatic oil, <chform>C15H24</chform>, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cedren</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cedrine</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"drine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cedrinus</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Cedar</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.</def>

<h1>Cedriret</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"dri*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>C\'d2rulignone</er>.</def>

<h1>Cedry</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"dry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of cedar.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cedule</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ced"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>c\'82dule</ets>, fr. L. <ets>shedula</ets>. See <er>Shedule</er>.]</ety> <def>A scroll; a writing; a schedule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ceduous</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ced"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caeduus</ets>, fr. <ets>caedere</ets> to cut down.]</ety> <def>Fit to be felled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Eyelyn.</i>

<h1>Ceil</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ceil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ceiled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ceiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From an older noun, fr. F. <ets>ciel</ets> heaven, canopy, fr. L. <ets>carlum</ets> heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. <?/ hollow.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; <as>as, to ceil a room</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The greater house he <b>ceiled</b> with fir tree. <i>2 Chron. iii. 5</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.</def>

<h1>Ceiling</h1> <Xpage=230>

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