Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIR-CUM-VOLV'E, v.t. [circumvolv'; L. circumvolvo; circum and volvo, to roll.]

To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. – Glanville.

CIR-CUM-VOLV'ED, pp.

Rolled round; moved in a circular manner.

CIR-CUM-VOLV'ING, ppr.

Rolling round; revolving.

CIRC'US, n. [plur. Circuses. L. circus; Fr. cirque; It. circo; Sp. circo; Gr. κιρκος; whence circle, which see.]

1. In antiquity, a round or oval edifice, used for the exhibition of games and shows to the people. The Roman circus was encompassed with porticos, and furnished with rows of seats, rising one above another for the accommodation of spectators. The Circus Maximus was nearly a mile in circumference. – Adam. Encyc.
2. The open area, or space inclosed, in which were exhibited games and shows; as wrestling, fighting with swords, staffs, or pikes, running or racing, dancing, quoits, &c.
3. In modern times, a circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship.

CIRL, n.

An Italian bird about the size of a sparrow. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.

CIR'RHO-PODE, n.

An animal having fringed feet, as the barnacle. – Cuvier.

CIR-RIF'EROUS, a. [L. cirrus, a tendril, and fero, to bear.]

Producing tendrils or claspers, as a plant.

CIR-RIG'ER-OUS, a. [L. cirrus and gero.]

Having curled locks of hair.

CIR'RIPED, n. [L. cirrus, a lock of hair, and Gr. πες, a foot.]

A bivalve Molluscan. The barnacle having fringed feet. – Cuvier. Kirby.

CIR'ROUS, a. [L. cirrus, a curl.]

Terminating in a cirrus, curl, or tendril; as, a cirrous leaf. – Martyn.

CIR'RUS, n.

A fossil turbinated shell of the chalk. – Mantell.

CIR'SO-CELE, n. [Gr. κιρσος, a dilated vein, and κηλη, a tumor.]

A varix, or dilatation of the spermatic vein; hernia varicosa. – Quincy. Coxe.

CIS-ALP'INE, a. [L. cis, on this side, and Alpes, Alps, whence alpinus, alpine.]

On this side of the Alps, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south of the Alps; opposed to transalpine.

CIS-AT-LAN'TIC, a.

Being on this side of the Atlantic ocean. – Story.

CIS'PA-DANE, a. [L. cis, on this side, and Padus, the river Po, whence Padanus.]

On this side of the Po, with regard to Rome, that is, on the south side. – Stephens.

CIS-SOID', n. [Gr. κισσος, ivy, and ειδος, form.]

A curve of the second order, invented by Diocles. – Bailey. Encyc.

CIST, n.

A case. [See Cyst, the proper orthography.]

CIST'ED, a.

Inclosed in a cyst. [See Cysted.]

CIS-TER'CIAN, n. [Cisteaux, in France.]

A monk, a reformed Benedictine.

CIS'TERN, n. [L. cisterna; cista, and Sax. ærn, place, repository.]

1. An artificial reservoir or receptacle for holding water, beer, or other liquor, as in domestic uses, distilleries, and breweries.
2. A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water; as a fountain or lake.

CIST'IC, a.

See CYSTIC.

CIST'US, n. [Gr. κιστος.]

The rock-rose, a genus of plants of many species, most of them natives of the southern parts of Europe. Some of them are beautiful evergreen flowering shrubs, and ornamental in gardens. – Encyc.

CIT, n. [contracted from citizen.]

A citizen, in a low sense; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; a pragmatical trader. – Pope.

CIT'A-DEL, n. [Fr. citadelle; It. cittadella; Sp. ciudadela; from the It. citta, city.]

A fortress or castle, in or near a city, intended for its defense; a place of arms. – Johnson. Encyc.

CI'TAL, n. [from cite.]

1. Reproof; impeachment. [Little used.] – Shak.
2. Summons; citation; quotation. [Little used.] – Johnson.