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<hw>Cin`e*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cinefactio</ets>: L. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>cin\'82faction</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cineration; reduction to ashes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cinematic, Cinematical</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw><hw>Cin`e*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cin`e*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Kinematic</er>.</def>

<h1>Cinematics</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`e*mat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing.</tt> <def>See <er>Kinematics</er>.</def>

<h1>Cineraceous</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`er*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cineraceus</ets>, fr. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>Like ashes; ash-colored; cinerous.</def>

<h1>Cineraria</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`e*ra"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. LL. <ets>cinerarius</ets> pert. to ashes, fr. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.</def>

<h1>Cinerary</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin"er*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cinerarius</ets>, fr. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.</def>

<cs><col>Cinerary urns</col>, <cd>vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cineration</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes: cf. F. <ets>cin\'82ration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.</def>

<h1>Cinereous</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Ci*ne"re*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cinereus</ets>, fr. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.</def>

<h1>Cinerescent</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`er*es"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.</def>

<h1>Cineritious</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`er*i"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cineritius</ets>, <ets>cinericius</ets>, fr. <ets>cinis</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.</def>

<h1>Cinerulent</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Ci*ner"u*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of ashes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cingalese</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin`ga*lese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Cingalais</ets>.]</ety> <def>A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also <def2>(<singf>sing.</singf>), <def>the language of the Cingalese.</def> -- <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Cingalese.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Singhalese</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; <i>Ceylonese</i> is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general.</note>

<h1>Cingle</h1> <Xpage=256>

<hw>Cin"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cingula</ets>, <ets>cingulum</ets>, fr. <ets>cingere</ets> to gird.]</ety> <def>A girth. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Surcingle</er>.</def>

<h1>Cingulum</h1> <Xpage=256>

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