Part 1738

<hw>Celt"i*cize`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.</def>

<h1>Cembalo</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cem"ba*lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Cymbal</er>.]</ety> <def>An old mname for the harpsichord.</def>

<h1>Cement</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cement</ets>, <ets>ciment</ets>, F. <ets>ciment</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caementum</ets> a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. <ets>caedimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>caedere</ets> to cut, prob. akin to <ets>scindere</ets> to cleave, and to E. <ets>shed</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The powder used in cementation. See <er>Cementation</er>, <tt>n.</tt>., 2.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.</def> "The <i>cement of our love</i>."

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also <altname>cementum</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Hydraulic cement</col>. <cd>See under <er>Hydraulic</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cement</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cemented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cementing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cimenter</ets>. See <er>Cement</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite firmly or closely.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To overlay or coat with cement; <as>as, to <ex>cement</ex> a cellar bottom</as>.</def>

<h1>Cement</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ment"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.</def>

<i>S. Sharp.</i>

<h1>Cemental</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ment"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; <as>as, <ex>cemental</ex> tubes</as>.</def>

<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Cementation</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cem`en*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of cementing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.</def>

<h1>Cementatory</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ment"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality of cementating or uniting firmly.</def>

<h1>Cementer</h1> <Xpage=230>