Cecil – Cereals
Cecil
WILLIAM, LORD BUR- LEIGH. See BURLEIGH.
Cefalu
an episcopal city and seaport in the province of Palermo, Sicily, 40 miles E. S. E. of the city of Palermo.
It has a fine cathedral, several churches, ty of pacily, and while the harbor is small it has considerable importance as a seaport. Its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in fishing and quarrying. Pop. about 15,000.
Celeriac
turnip-rooted celery, a variety of celery in which the root resembles a turnip and may weigh 3 or 4 pounds. It is not earthed up, but is grown upon the surface of the ground, and kept free from weeds by frequent hoeing.
CELERY
Celsius Scale
another name for the Centigrade thermometric scale, from that of the inventor, Anders Celsius.
See THERMOMETER.
Cenci
BEATRICE (chen'chē), called the beautiful parricide, the daughter of
Cenotaph
an empty monument, that is, one raised to a person buried elsewhere.
Centigrade Thermometer
a thermometer scaled to represent the interval between the freezing and the boiling point of water, divided into 100 equal parts, the freezing-point being taken as zero, and the boiling-point as 100°. 1° C. is equal to 1.8° F.
CENTIME. See CENT.
Centrifugal
a machine used in clarification and filtration, especially of sugar. The essential part is a circular vessel so constructed as to be revolved at a high rate of speed, which deposits the matter to be removed at the bottom, allowing the clear fluid to be drawn off.
Cephissus
one of the two rivers which water the Athenian plain. It rises on the W. slope of Mount Pentelicus and the S. side of Mount Parnes, and flows past Athens on the W. into the Saronic Gulf near Phalerum.
Cerate
the name of an external medicament, more or less liquid, having for its basis wax and oil. Simple cerate consists of 8 ounces of lard and 4 of white wax melted together and stirred till cold.
Cerealia
the festival of Ceres, celebrated at Rome.
CEREALS
Cereals
a term derived from Ceres, the goddess of corn; though sometimes extended to leguminous plants, as beans, lentils, etc., is more usually and properly confined to the Gramineæ, as wheat, barley, rye, oats, and other grasses, cultivated for the sake of their seed as food.