Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CYL'IN-DER, n. [Gr. κυλινδρος, from κυλινδω, to roll, from κυλιω, id.; L. cylindrus; Sp. cilindro; It. id.; Fr. cylindre; Heb. Ch. גלל, جَالَ kaula, to roll.]

In geometry, a solid body supposed to be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one of its sides; or a long circular body of uniform diameter, and its extremities forming equal parallel circles. – Encyc. Bailey.