Part 1931

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Circ</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Circ</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Circus</er>.]</ety> <def>An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Circar</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir*car"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Sircar</er>.]</ety> <def>A district, or part of a province. See <er>Sircar</er>.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Circassian</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir*cas"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Circassia.</def></def2>

<h1>Circean</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir*ce"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Circaeus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; <as>as, a <ex>Circean</ex> draught</as>.</def>

<h1>Circensial, Circensian</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw><hw>Cir*cen"sial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cir*cen"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Circensis</ets>, ludi <ets>Circenses</ets>, the games in the Circus Maximus.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.</def>

<blockquote>The pleasure of the <b>Circensian</b> shows. <i>Holyday.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Circinal</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir"ci*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a circle.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Circinate.</def>

<h1>Circinate</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>circinare</ets> to make round, fr. <ets>circinus</ets> a pair of compasses, from Gr. <?/ a circle.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Circinate</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a circle around; to encompass.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Circination</h1> <Xpage=257>

<hw>Cir`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>circinatio</ets> circle.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An orbicular motion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>bailey.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A circle; a concentric layer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>circinations</i> and spherical rounds of onions."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Circle</h1> <Xpage=257>