Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CI-GAR', n. [Sp. cigarro, a small roll of tobacco for smoking. In Sp. cigarra is the L. cicada, the balm-cricket or locust, Port. cigarra; and in Sp. cigarron is a large species of that animal, and a large roll of tobacco.]

A small roll of tobacco, so formed as to be tubular, used for smoking. Cigars are of Spanish origin.