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‖n.; pl. Aciculæ [ L., a small needle, dimin. of acus needle. ] (Nat. Hist.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needles. [ 1913 Webster ]

A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.. [1913 Webster]

{ a. (Nat. Hist.) (a) Furnished with aciculæ. (b) Acicular. (c) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Needle ore. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. boracique. See Borax. ] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps Chiococca racemosa; as, cahincic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Cicadas L. Cicadæ [ L. ] (Zool.) Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (Cicada septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
Syn. -- cicala. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the leafhoppers.
Syn. -- family Cicadellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a family of insects comprising the cicadas.
Syn. -- family Cicadidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., fr. L. cicada. ] A cicada. See Cicada. “At eve a dry cicala sung.” Tennison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. cicatrix. ] A cicatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicatricule, fr. L. cicatricula a small scar, fr. cicatrix a scar. ] (Biol.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cicatrices [ L. ] (Med.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicatrisant, properly p. pr. of cicatriser. ] (Med.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicatrisation. ] (Med.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cicatrized p. pr. & vb. n. Cicatrizing. ] [ Cf. F. cicatriser, fr. cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar. ] (Med.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Med.) To heal; to have a new skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of scars. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. seselis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; perh. ultimately of Egyptian origin. ] (Bot.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Ciceroni E. Cicerones [ It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide. ] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [ the Italians ] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator. ] Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. “Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Chicory. ] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The chick-pea. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or conduct of a cicisbeo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Cicisbei [ It. ] 1. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of. ciclaton. ] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [ Obs. ] [ Written also checklaton, chekelatoun. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His robe was of ciclatoun,
That coste many a Jane. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the storks.
Syn. -- family Ciconiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn. -- order Ciconiiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame. ] To tame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicuration. ] The act of taming. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., the poison hemlock. ] (Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Tertiary, generally given as from 144 million years b. p. to 65 million years b. p.. Also called . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. --
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. --
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited, and at the end of which the dinosaurs died out. See Cretaceous. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Pref. di- + calcic. ] (Chem.) Having two atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a dunce; duncish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most dull and duncical commissioner. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are &unr_;&unr_;tually in in nature. Gay.

-- Far"ci*cal*ly, adv. -Far"ci*cal*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces. ] 1. A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root. [ 1913 Webster ]