n. [ L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute. ] (Zool.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order
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adj. of or pertaining to a cilium or cilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Cf. F. ciliaire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Cilia. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Cæcilian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council. ] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. conciliable. ] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Conciliable, n. ] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
n. [ L. conciliatio. ] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. [ 1913 Webster ]
The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conciliatory. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who conciliates. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. [ 1913 Webster ]
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A member of a household; a domestic. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lack of reconciliation; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mono- + ciliated. ] (Biol.) Having but one cilium. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio. ]
Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A native or inhabitant of Sicily. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sicilian vespers,
‖n. [ It., Sicilian. ] A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. supercilium an eyebrow. See Supercilious. ]
a. (Anat.) Superciliary. [ 1913 Webster ]