CIL 



SUPPLEMENT. 



CLU 



CILIARY PROCESSES, the white folds at the 1 silver, found in the Haematite of ClausthiJ 

 edge of the uvea, proceeding from it to the and elsewhere. 

 Crystalline lens of the eye. 



CILIATED, an adjective formed from 

 cilia, and of co-exteusive application. See 

 CJLIA. 



CIXCHOXIC or Kinic Acid, an acid whose 

 II 0, found in 



formula is C 



Peruvian bark. 



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CINDER BED, a marine bed composed of dark grey crystals. 



oyster-shells, found in the Hiddle Purbeck 

 formation. 



CINGULUM, the neck or constriction of a 

 tooth dividing the crown from the faug. 



CINNAMEIN, a fragrant body found in 

 balsam of Peru. 



CINNAMYLE, (C 18 H ? O 2> ) the hypotheti- 

 cal radical of oil of cinnamon. 



CISQUKCENTO, the styles of ornamentation 



CLAVICLE, the collar-bone. 



CLAY IRONSTONE, compact carbonate of 

 iron, or siderite, with an admixture of 

 clay. 



CLAYITE, a variety of galena found In 

 Peru, containing about 25 per cent, of cop- 

 per, arsenic and antimony, and forming aa 

 amorphous coating upon quartz in small 



CLERESTORY or CT-EARSTORY, the open- 

 ags of the gallery above the side aisles of 

 a Gothic building, looking into the upper 

 part or roof of the uave or centre aisle. 



CLICHY WHITE, pure white lead, or refined 

 carbonate of lead, manufactured at Clichy, 

 France. 



CLINICAL, a term a-plied to any lecture or 

 instruction given to studtnts at the bedside 

 of a patient : so called from K\iViK3S, 



painting which prevailed in the six- j" relating to a bed." 

 teenth century, at which period the arcs) CLIPPER, a trading ship constructed for 

 of the revival reached their greatest per- rapid sailing, with finely curved bows, sharp 

 fection. in form, deep keel, and tall spars. 



CIPPCS, the name given to such Roman 



CLOSE-BCKNING COAL, the varieties of 



sepulchral monuments as consisted of a strong-burning bituminous coal which swell 

 small column, rectangular or rounded. and cake during combustion, receive Uiis 



CIRCUMSCISSILE, a transverse circular name from these peculiarities. 

 dehiscence of the ovary or seed-pods of cer- 1 CLOUDS, those visible masses or accumn- 

 tain plants, as exemplified in Anagallis. lations of vapour which float at various alti- 



CIKRO-STRATCS, a cloud whose torm is tudes in the atmosphere. To Mr. Luke 

 intermediate between those of the cirrus Howard we owe the systematizing of their 

 and stratus : a modification of it may be various forms, and the indications of weather 

 observed in those clouds which receive the thereby more or less prognosticate. Tle 

 popular name of " a mackereled sky," and three primary forms are Cirrut, Cumulut, 

 which indicate approaching rain. The cirro- : and Stratus ; of which the Cirrus is a 

 Stratus is the wane-cloud. I fibrous-looking cloud; the Cumulus, a 



CIRRUS, the curl-cloud. massive cloud presenting rounded or convex 



CIESOCELE, morbid enlargement of the [upper surfaces ; and the Stratus, those 



permatic veins of the groin. 



CITADEL, the strong fort within fortifica- 

 tions which is qualified to become the last 

 resisting point of a garrison. 



CITRINE OINTMENT, a lemon yellow oint- 



clouds spread out horizontally and often iu 

 strata or apparent layers. The Cirrus occu- 

 pies the higher regions of the atmosphere ; 

 and the Stratus the lower, and includes 

 mists and fogs. Intermediate between the 



ment containing nitrate of mercury. The three primary forms are those clouds which 

 unguentum hydrargyrl nitrat^. partake more or less of the characte.istics of 



CITRONYL, or CITRESE, a hydro-carbon, two of the primaries ; as the Cirro-cumulus, 

 forming the chief constituent, of oil of the Cirro-stratus, and the Cumulo-stratus, 

 lemons. | also called the " twain cloud." The Nimbus 



CITRULLUS, the well-known cathartic, colo- is the " rain cloud," or that form in which 

 cynth, obtained from the gourds of C. Colo- the others resolve themselves into rain. 

 eynthis of Spain and the Levant, &c. \ CLCB-HACLING, a mode of tacking re- 



CLAIRVOYANCE, the name given to a sorted to when a vessel is in danger of run- 

 enperior power of vision claimed for those ning ashore, and has not sufficient sea room 

 under the influence of Mesmerism, a pre- for tacking. It consists in letting go the 

 tension of great extravagance. The superiority lee anchor when the wind is out of the sails, 

 of instinct over reason is exemplified in all and bringing the vessel's head suddenly to 

 animals, and also in many of the spon- the wind with i he way upon her : the cable 

 taneous actions of man, and when the is then cut with a buoy attached to it, to 

 reason is dormant, a more extended action mark the place for its subsequent recovery, 

 of the instinct may remain, as exemplified and the sails trimmed, by which means the 

 In cases or Somnambulism, but this is the shin will pay off and make consideiaMo 

 limit of the phenomenon. [J. A. S-] headway in much shorter distance than l>/ 



CLACSTUALITE, a selenide of 1; -d, with a ordinary tacking. 



portion of the lead sometimes replaced by CLVTCHES, or Glands, those coupling of 

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