Part 1743

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Centage</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cent"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rate by the hundred; percentage.</def>

<h1>Cental</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centum</ets> a hundred.]</ety> <def>A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a <i>Hundredweight</i>.</def>

<h1>Cental</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"tal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Relating to a hundred.</def>

<cs><col>Cental system</col>, <cd>the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.</cd></cs>

<h1>Centare</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"tare`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>centiare</ets>; <ets>centi</ets>- (L. <ets>centum</ets>) + <ets>-are</ets>.]</ety> <def>A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1<frac15/ square yards.</def>

<h1>Centaur</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"taur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centaurus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.</def>

<h1>Centaurea</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen`tau*re"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Centaury</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (<spn>Centaurea Cyanus</spn>) and the star thistle (<spn>C. Calcitrapa</spn>).</def>

<h1>Centaury</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"tau*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centaureum</ets> and <ets>centauria</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, and <?/, fr. the Centaur Chiron.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the <spn>Eryther\'91a Centaurium</spn> and the <spn>Chlora perfoliata</spn> of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus <spn>Sabbatia</spn>, and even to the unrelated <spn>Centaurea</spn>.</def>

<h1>Centenarian</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen`te*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to a hundred years.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A person a hundred years old.</def></def2>

<h1>Centenary</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"te*na*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centenarius</ets>, fr. <ets>centum</ets> a hundred.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.</def> "<i>Centenary</i> solemnities."

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Centenary</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"te*na*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Centenaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.</def> "Every <i>centenary</i> of years."

<i>Hakewill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hudred years before.</def>