Part 1737

<h1>Cellulose</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"lu*lose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of, or containing, cells.</def>

<h1>Cellulose</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"lu*lose`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, <chform>(C6H10O5)n</chform>, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See <er>Starch</er>, <er>Granulose</er>, <er>Lignin</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure <b>cellulose</b>. <i>Goodale.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Starch cellulose</col>, <cd>the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin.</cd></cs>

<i>Goodale.</i>

<h1>Celotomy</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*lot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ hernia + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.</def> <altsp>[Frequently written <asp>kelotomy</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Celsiture</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"si*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>celstudo</ets>, from <ets>celsus</ets> high: cf. <ets>celsitude</ets>.]</ety> <def>Height; altitude.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Celsius</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"si*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the <i>centigrade</i> thermometer or scale.</def>

<h1>Celt</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Celtae</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, pl.: cf. W. <ets>Celtiad</ets> one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. <ets>celt</ets> covert, shelter, <ets>celu</ets> to hide.]</ety> <def>One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kelt</asp>. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]</altsp>

<h1>Celt</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>celts</ets> a chisel.]</ety> <fld>(Arch\'91ol.)</fld> <def>A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.</def>

<h1>Celtiberian</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt`i*be"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Celtiber</ets>, <ets>Celtibericus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant of Celtiberia.</def></def2>

<h1>Celtic</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Celticus</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Celt</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Celts; <as>as, <ex>Celtic</ex> people, tribes, literature, tongue</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Keltic</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Celtic</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The language of the Celts.</def>

<note>&hand; The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.</note>

<h1>Celticism</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Celt"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.</def>

<i>Warton.</i>

<h1>Celticize</h1> <Xpage=230>