Part 1760

<blockquote>Al <b>ceremonies</b> are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with <b>ceremonies</b>. . . . Let no images Be hung with C\'91sar's trophies. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A sign or prodigy; a portent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>C\'91sar, I never stood on <b>ceremonies</b>, Yet, now they fright me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Master of ceremonies</col>, <cd>an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion.</cd> -- <col>Not to stand on ceremony</col>, <cd>not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cereous</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce"re*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cereus</ets>, fr. <ets>cera</ets> was.]</ety> <def>Waxen; like wax.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gayton.</i>

<h1>Ceres</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce"res</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. <ets>create</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Actron.)</fld> <def>The first discovered asteroid.</def>

<h1>Ceresin</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cera</ets> wax.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.</def>

<h1>Cereus</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce"re*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a wax candle, fr. <ets>cera</ets> wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.</def>

<note>&hand; Although several species flower in the night, the name <i>Night-blooming cereus</i> is specially applied to the <i>Cereus grandiflorus</i>, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The <i>Cereus giganteus</i>, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc.\'3c--saguaro?= Carnegiea gigantea--\'3e</note>

<h1>Cerial</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cerial</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ceriferous</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce*rif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ra</ets> wax + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing wax.</def>

<h1>Cerin</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce"rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cera</ets> wax + <ets>-in</ets>: cf. L. <ets>cerinus</ets> wax-colored.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of the mineral <i>allanite</i>.</def>

<h1>Cerinthian</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce*rin"thi*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of an ancient religious sect, so called fron <i>Cerinthus</i>, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.</def>