Part 1956

<blockquote>I am not well, But not so <b>citizen</b> a wanton as To seem to die ere sick. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Citizeness</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"i*zen*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female citizen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Citizenship</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"i*zen*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.</def>

<h1>Citole</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>citole</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cithara</ets>. <er>See Cittern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Citraconic</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit`ra*con"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Citric</ets> + <ets>acon</ets>itic.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.</def>

<cs><col>Citraconic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, <chform>C3H4(CO2H)2</chform>, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series.</cd></cs>

<h1>Citrate</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Citric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of citric acid.</def>

<h1>Citric</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>citrique</ets>. See <er>Citron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; <as>as, <ex>citric</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Citric acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an organic acid, <chform>C3H4OH.(CO2H)3</chform>, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberies, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.</cd></cs>

<h1>Citrination</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit`ri*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Citrine</er>.]</ety> <def>The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color.</def>

<i>Thynne.</i>

<h1>Citrine</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>citrin</ets>. See <er>Citron</er>.]</ety> <def>Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.</def>

<cs><col>Citrine ointment</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a yellowish mercurial ointment, the <i>unquentum hydrargyri nitratis<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Citrine</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"rine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.</def>

<h1>Citron</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>citron</ets>, LL. <ets>citro</ets>, fr. L. <ets>citrus</ets> citron tree (cf. <ets>citreum</ets>, sc. malum, a citron), from Gr. <?/ citron]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot)</fld> <def>A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A citron tree.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A citron melon.</def>

<cs><col>Citron melon</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh. <sd>(b)</sd> A small variety of watermelon, whose solid white flesh is used in making sweetmeats and preserves.</cd> -- <col>Citron tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of <spn>Citrus Medica</spn>.</cd></cs>