Cirrus
the tendril of a plant by means of which it climbs, usually a modified leaf or the prolongation of a midrib. CIRRUS. See CLOUD.
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These 19 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Cirrus, Cirta, Cisco.
Cirta
the capital of the ancient Massylii in Numidia. After the defeat of Jugurtha it passed into the hands of the Romans, and was restored by Constantine, who gave it his own name. See CONSTANTINE.
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Cisco
a city of Texas, in Eastland co., on the Texas and Pacific and the Texas Central railroads. It is the distributing center for a large territory. Its business is drawn largely from the oil industry. In 1920 a large dam to provide for the city's water supply was begun. It is the center of an important agricultural region and in the neighborhood are important clay and coal deposits. It has newspapers, electric lights, natural gas, hotels, banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 2,410; (1920) 7,422.
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Cisleithania
or CISLEITHAN PROVINCES, formerly Austria proper or Austria W. of the river Leitha, which partly forms the boundary between it and Hungary.
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Cist
a place of interment of an early or prehistoric period, consisting of a rectangular stone chest or inclosure formed of rows of stones set upright, and covered by similar flat stones. Such cists are found in barrows or mounds, inclosing bones. In rocky districts cists were sometimes hewn in the rock itself.
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Cisterns
A tank, artificially constructed for holding liquids. Foundry cisterns should be spacious and of sufficient number to accommodate every need. Their efficiency is enhanced when provided with a ball-cock which will automatically maintain a certain height of water at all times, with no possibility of flooding the foundry floor.
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Cities of the Plain
Sodom and Gomorrah, chief of those five cities which, according to the commonly received account, were destroyed by fire account, from heaven, and their sites overwhelmed by the waters of the Dead Sea.
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Citric Acid
the acid of lemons, limes, and other fruits. It is generally prepared from lemon-juice, and when pure is white, inodorous, and extremely sharp in its taste. In combination with metals it forms crystalline salts known as citrates. The acid is used as a discharge in calico-printing and as a substitute for lemon in making beverages.
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Citron
the fruit of the citron-tree, resembling a lemon, but less acid in taste. It is a native of Asia. The tree has short and stiff branches, oblong-toothed leaves, flowers purple externally, and fruit generally large, warted, and furrowed, having a protuberance at the apex, with a very thick, spongy adherent rind and a subacid cid pulp. p. The Romans brought it from Media, where, however, it is not now, if it ever was, indigenous. It is at present cultivated in gardens in the warmer parts of both hemispheres. It furnishes oil of citron and oil of cedra.
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Citrus
a genus of Aurantiaceæ, trees and shrubs of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate Asia, but many of them now cultivated in all similar clithe mates for their fruit. To it belong belong orange, citron, lemon, lime, bergamot, shaddock, forbidden fruit, etc.
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City
in a general sense, a town holding, from extent of population, favorable situation, or other causes, a leading place in the community in which it is situated. Popularly, also, it is used, both in Great Britain and France, to designate the old and central nucleus as distinguished from the suburban growths of large towns. The ecclesiastical sense of the term city is a town which is, or has been, the see of a bishop. This seems to be the historical use of the term in England, and still possesses some authority there, but to a considerable extent it has been superseded by the wider one. In the United States the application of the term is dependent upon the nature and extent of the municipal privileges possessed by corporations, and a town is raised to the dignity of a city by special charter. See MUNICIPAL GOV- ERNMENT. CIVET CAT
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City of Brotherly Love
. See Philadelphia
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City of Churches
. See Brooklyn
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City of Elms
. See New Haven
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Ciudad
the Spanish word for city, appearing in many names of Spanish Latin-American places.
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Civet
a small flesh-eating animal intermediate between the cat and the hyena. There are several species peculiar to the Mediterranean region and Malaysia. The mongoose and the ichneumon are members of the civet family. Like its relatives the civet lives chiefly on mice and other small mammals, birds' eggs, lizards, and snakes, and assists in destroying the eggs of the crocodile. The civet is noted for a pouch of oily fat with a peculiarly penetrating odor used as a perfume. Civets are raised for their oil, a few drops of which may be pressed out at intervals of a week or so. The Abyssinians bring civet to market in small cattle horns. Pure civet oil is worth $10 an ounce in London. See Perfume
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Civet
in zoölogy, the same as Civet cat; found in north Africa; climbs trees with facility. Its food consists of small mammals, reptiles, and birds, as well as roots and fruits. It is sometimes kept in the region which it inhabits for the sake of the perfume which it furnishes. There is an allied species, V. rasse, in Java.
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Civic Association
AMERICAN, an organization established in 1904 for the general purpose of cultivating higher ideals of civic life and to promote city, town, and neighborhood improvement. It has for an additional purpose the preservation and development of landscapes and the advancement of outdoor art. The work of the association is conducted on national lines by its varied activities for , the physical improvement of the various communities. It has devoted special attention to city planning and the creation and maintenance nce of parks, the elimination of smoke, billboards, and other nuisances, and the organization of citizens into working groups for civic improvement. The association did valuable work in the preservation of the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls. It also took a prominent part in the movement for the protection of the national parks. Its headquarters are in Washington.
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Civics
the science that treats of citizenship and the relations between citizens and the government. It embraces ethics, or social duties; civil law, or governmental methods; economics, or the principles of finance and exchange; and the history of civic development. The study of this science has been largely introduced into the schools of United States.
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