Part 1957

<h1>Citrus</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a citron tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.</def>

<h1>Cittern</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>cithara</ets>, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Cithara</er>, <er>Gittern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cithern</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; Not to be confounded with <i>zither</i>.</note>

<h1>Cittern-head</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"tern-head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.</def>

<i>Marsion</i>

<h1>City</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"y</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>cite</ets>, F. <ets>cit</ets><?/, fr. L. <ets>civitas</ets> citizenship, state, city, fr. <ets>civis</ets> citizen; akin to Goth. <ets>heiwa</ets> (in <ets>heiwa</ets>frauja man of the house), AS. <?/, pl., members of a family, servants, <?/ family, G. <ets>heirath</ets> marriage, prop., providing a house, E. <ets>hind</ets> a peasant.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A large town.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>city<b> is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a <b>city<b>. <i>Blackstone</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When Gorges constituted York a <b>city</b>, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word <b>city</b> has no other meaning in English law. <i>Palfrey</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.</def> "What is the <i>city</i> but the people?"

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Village</er>.</syn>

<h1>City</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cit"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a city.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>City council</col>. <cd>See under <er>Council</er>.</cd> -- <col>City court</col>, <cd>The municipal court of a city.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col>City ward</col>, <cd>a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Fairfax.</i>

<h1>Cive</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Cive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Chive</er>.</def>

<h1>Civet</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>civette</ets> (cf. It. <ets>zibetto</ets>) civet, civet cat, fr. LGr. <?/, fr. Ar. <ets>zub<?/d</ets>, <ets>zab<?/d</ets>, civet.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (<spn>Viverra civetta</spn>). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>The animal that produces civet (<spn>Viverra civetta</spn>); -- called also <altname>civet cat</altname>. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.</def>