cede 
cede, proceed, recede, secede, abscess, access, etc., 
cession, accession, concession, etc., cease, decease, 
antecedent, decedent, etc., ancestor, antecessor, 
predecessor, etc.] I. intrans. 1. To yield ; give 
way; submit. 2. To pass; be transferred; 
lapse. [Archaic or obsolete in both senses.] 
This fertile glebe, this fair domain, 
Had well-nigh ceded to the slothful hands 
876 
which they resemble in having the leaves grow- 
ing in tufts or bunches, but from which they are 
distinguished by being evergreen (the leaves 
not falling in autumn), and by the form of the 
cones. It includes only three species, the C. Libani, or 
celantes 
The place itself [a kitchen'; is weird and terrible, low- 
ceile.d with the stone hearth built far out into the room, 
and tlie melodramatic implements of Venetian cookery 
dangling tragically from the wall. 
Ilowellx, Venetian Life, vii. 
3f. Wainscoted. 
UO. It 1IIC1UUUS Olllj mice opCLica, me \j. utvititt, vji .'_ . , ,,. v I-T, i -i -l-l 1 1- 
lar of Lebanon ; C. Deodnra, or deodar; V.R&C. Atlan- ceiling (se ling), n. [Early mod. fc. also cielmg, 
tiea, or Atlas cedar. See cedar, 1. 
cedryt (se'dri), . [For *cedary, < cedar + - 
Of monks libidinous. Shenxtone, Ruined Abbey. 
II. trans. 1 . To yield or formally resign and 
Resembling cedar; cedrine. 
Cedry colour. Evelyn, Sylva, II. iii. 2. 
surrender to another; relinquish and transfer; ce d u l a (sed'u-la), n. [Sp., = E. cedule, sched- 
ule : see schedule.'] A name sometimes used 
for a promissory note given by one of the 
South American republics. 
cedulet, [<OF. cedule: see schedule."] An ob- 
solete form of schedule. Cotgrav* 
give up; make over: as, to cede a fortress, 
province, or country by treaty. 
Of course, Oalicia was not to be ceded in this summary 
manner. H. S. Edwards, Polish Captivity, II. ii. 
The people must cede to the government some of their 
rights. -'." 
2. To yield; grant. [Rare.] 
Back rode we to my father's camp, and found 
He thrice had sent a herald to the gates, 
To learn if Ida yet would cede our claim. 
Tennyson, Princess. 
= Syn. To transfer, deliver, convey, grant. 
cedent (se'dent), a. [< L. cerfew(-)s,_ppr. of < 
ceeling, seeling, earlier eyling, ailing, syling ; ver- 
bal n. of ceil, .] If. A canopy ; hangings ; 
properly, hangings overhead, but by extension 
also side-hangings ; tapestry. 
The French kyng caused the lorde of Countay to stande 
secretly behynde a ttilijnt! or a hangyng in his chamber. 
Hall, Edward IV., p. 43. 
And now the thickened sky 
Like a dark wiling stood. Miltun, P. L., xi. 742. 
2. The interior overhead surface of an apart- 
ment, usually formed of a lining of some kind 
yield: "see cede.'] Yielding; giving way. ce eP, r. See seel. 
See extract under cessicinary. [Bare.] 
cedilla (se-dil'a), n. [= F. cedille, < Sp. cedilla, 
now zediila ="Pg. cedilha = It. zediglia, the 
cz, dim. of Sp. ceda, now zeda, etc., < L. eeta, 
Gr. C.JJTO., the Gr. name of z: see z, zed, zcta. 
The character f is thus a contraction of cz, a 
former mode of indicating that e had the sound 
of s in certain positions; thus, F. leczon, now 
legon (> E. lesson).'] A. mark placed under the 
letter c (thus, 9), especially in French and Por- 
tuguese, and formerly in Spanish, before a, o, or 
u, to indicate that it is to be sounded like s, and 
not like k, as it usually is before those vowels. 
cedrate, cedrat (se'drat, -drat), n. [< F. cedrat 
= It. cedrato, < cedro, the citron (prop, "citro, 
confused in form with cedro, cedar), < L. citrus, 
citron : see Citrus, citron.'] The citron, Citrus 
medico. 
cedratit (ee-dra'ti), H. [< It. cedrato, lime, lime- 
tree, lime-water : see cedrate.'] A perfume de- 
rived from the citron. 
If we get any nearer still to the torrid zone, I shall pique 
myself on sending you a present of cedrati and orange- 
tlower water. Walpole, Letters, II. 199. 
Cedrela (sed're-la), n. [NL., shortened from 
L. cedrelate, < Gr" Kedpefarri, a cedar fir-tree, < 
/rfdnof, a cedar, + '&O.TTI, the silver fir.] A ge- 
nus of plants, of the natural order Meliacea:, 
cedllOUSt, [< L. caiduu-s, fit for cutting, < cai- a gi xe( i to the under side of joists supporting 
the floor above, or to rafters; the horizontal 
or curved surface of an interior, opposite the 
floor. In ordinary modern buildings it is usu- 
ally finished with or formed of lath-and-plaster 
work. 3. Wainscoting; wainscot. [Now only 
prov. Eng.] 
Lambris [F.], wainscot, seeling; also a frettized or em- 
bowed seeling. Cotgrave. 
Menuiierie [F.], deling, wainscotting, joyners work. 
Cotgrave. 
4. The lining of planks on the inside of a 
ship's frame. Ceiling-joists, small beams to which 
the ceiling of a room is attached. They are mortised into 
dere, cut".] Fit to be f elled. 
Greater and more ceduous, fruticant, and shrubby. 
Evelyn, Sylva, Int. 
ceelH, n. and v. See ceil. 
cee! 2 t, n. and v. An obsolete improper spelling 
of seal' 2 . 
ceiba (sa'i-ba; Sp. pron. tha'i-ba), n. [Sp. ; 
native origin.] The silk-cotton tree, Boml 
Ceiba. See Bonibax, 1. 
of 
'ombax 
mark cedilla, the letter c with this mark, orig. ce jlf ) cielt, [A word found in this spelling 
only in the derived verb ceil and the verbal 
noun ceiling, q. v. ; early mod. E. cele, seele, late 
ME. cele, cyll, syll, syle, < OF. del, mod. F. del = 
Pr. eel = Cat. eel = Sp. cielo = Pg. ceo = It. cielo, 
heaven, a canopy, tester, roof, ceiling, etc., < L. 
ctelum, less prop, cailum (ML. also celmn), OL. 
also ccel, L. and LL. also callus, the sky, heaven, 
in ML. also a canopy, tester, roof, ceiling, etc., 
perhaps orig. "cavilum (= Gr. KolAof, dial. e'-"-' l ~- 
KuiAOf, KOti/MC,, Orig. *KOFl^Of, hollow), < I 
the sides of the binding-joists, nailed to the under side of 
these joists, or suspended from them with straps. Coffer- 
work ceiling, a ceiling divided into ornamental panels 
or soffits; a coffered ceiling. See cut under coffer. 
Compartment ceiling, in arch., a ceiling divided into 
panels, which are usually surrounded by moldings. 
Groined ceiling, groined vaulting. See groin and 
vaulting. 
ceilinged (se'lingd), a. [< ceiling + -e<Z 2 .] Fur- 
cavus, nished with a ceiling. 
hollow: see cave^ cage, and (from L. ctelum) 
celest, celestial, etc., and (from Gr. KolAof) ccella, 
ccelo-, etc. The noun ceil, earlier cele, seele, cyll, ceintt, n. [ME. ceinte, < OF. ceinte, cinte = Pr. 
syll, seems to have been confused with sill, syll, cintha = Sp. Pg. It. cinta, < ML. cincta, also 
AS. syl, the base of a door or window; cf. Sc. (after Rom.) cinta, fern., also cinctum, neut., a 
ci/le, syle, the foot of a rafter, a rafter, North, girdle, < L. cincta, fern, (cinctum, neut.) of cine- 
Eng. sales, the principal rafters of a building.] 
A canopy of state. 
The chammer was hanged of red and of blew, and in 
it was a cyll of state of cloth of gold. 
Fyancells of Margaret. 
The \uvr-ceilinged room was full of shadows. 
F. W. Robinson. 
A gir- 
In thiswise the king shall ride_opyn heded undre a seele 
of cloth of 
tus, pp. of eingere, gird: see cincture."] 
die. Chaucer; Goicer. 
ceinturet, [ME., < OF. ceinture, later ceinc- 
ture, mod. F. ceinture, < L. dnctura, a girdle : 
see cincture.'] Same as ceint. 
n. [< F. celade, < It. celata (cf . celate) : 
of sallefi, a 
And seik to your soverane, i 
allied to the mahogany, and consisting of large 
trees, natives of the tropics. The principal species ceil (sel), v. t. [(1) Early mod. E. also ceel, seel, 
seile, syle, prop, to canopy or provide with a 
canopy or hangings, < ceil, del, cele, seele, cyll, 
syle, a canopy (see the noun), but confused in 
sense and spelling with another verb, (2) ME. 
ceelen, celen, selen, wainscot, cover the sides or 
roof of a room with carved or embossed work, 
lit. emboss, < L. ctelare (ML. also written ce- 
of tropical America is C. odorata, a valuable timber-tree 
popularly known as cedar. All parts of it are bitter, and 
the old wood is fragrant. The C. Toona of India, also called 
cedar, is a handsome tree with durable and beautifully 
marked wood, used for furniture and ornamental work. 
It yields a resinous gum, and the bark is astringent and 
febrifugal. See cedar, S. 
cedrelaceous (sed-re-la'shius), o. [< Cedrela 
+ -aceous.'] In bot'., resembling or related to 
Cedrela : same as meliaceous. 
cedrene (se'dren), n. [< L. cedrus, cedar, + 
-ene.'] In chem., a volatile hydrocarbon (C 1B 
(sel'a-don), n. and a. [< F. celadon, a 
color, also a sentimental lover: so 
the 8entimenta i hero of a 
tare), engrave in relief upon metals or ivory, 
carve, emboss, later also embroider, < cailum, 
a chisel, burin, graver, < casdere, cut, hew ; and 
perhaps with (3) ME. seelen, selen, < OF. geeler, 
H ?4 ) found in the oil of red cedar, Juniperus f,_ S celler, < L. sigillare, ornament with figures 
Virginiana Cedrene camphor. See camphor. 
cedfin, cedrine 2 (se'drin), n. [< cedr(on) + -j'n 2 , 
-ine2.] A neutral crystallizable body yielded 
to alcohol by the cedron after it has been ex- 
hausted by ether. The crystals resemble silky nee- 
dles. It is intensely and persistently bitter, and is re- 
garded by some as the active principle of the fruit. 
cedrine 1 (se'drin), a. [< L. cedrinus, < Gr. 
Kfrfpivof, of cedar, < /cerfpor, cedar: see cedar, 
and cf. cedarn.~] ' 
cedar. Johnson. 
cedrine 2 , n. See cedrin. 
cedrium (se'dri-um), n. [L., cedar-oil, < Gr. 
Kedptov (also Keop/la<ov), cedar-oil,< jccopof, cedar : 
see cedar.'] The pitch of the cedar-tree, Cednis. 
It is rubbed on woolens to preserve them from moths, and 
was one of the ingredients used by the ancient Egyptians 
in embalming. 
cedrola (se'dro-la), n. [NL., < L. cedrus, cedar : 
see cedar.] A solid crystalline compound dis- 
tilled from the oil of cedar-wood. 
cedron (se'dron), n. [NL., < L. cedrus, cedar, 
+ -on.'] The seed of the tree Simaba Cedron, 
natural order Simarvbaceai, a native of the 
United States of Colombia. The fruit is a pear- 
shaped drupe, of the size of a lemon, containing a single 
large seed, which, like other parts of the tree, is very bitter. 
In its native country this seed is used as a remedy for 
serpent-bites, hydrophobia, and intermittent fever. Its 
qualities are supposed to depend on the presence of the 
principle eedrin. 
or images, < sigillum, a seal, pi. little figures 
or images : see seal?. The first two verbs are 
merged in definitions 2 and 3. From the second 
are derived celature, celwre, q. v.] If. To can- 
opy ; provide with a canopy or hangings. 
All the tente within was syled with clothe of gold and 
blew velvet. Hall, Henry VIII., p. 32. 
once popular romance, "L'Astr^e," by Honore 
d'Urfe (died 1625), < L. Celadon, in Ovid, a com- 
panion of Phineus, also one of the Lapith, 
< Gr. Ks^aSov, roaring (used as the name of a 
river), < Kthafaiv, ne^adetv, sound, roar, shout, 
K^/arfo?, a noise, shout.] I, . A pale and 
rather grayish green color occurring espe- 
cially in porcelain and enameled earthenware. 
The shades are numerous. In Oriental wares the celadon 
glaze is often crackled ; and the Japanese and Chinese 
porcelain decorated in this way, without other ornamen- 
tation, is particularly esteemed. It is also one of the fa- 
vorite colors of the porcelain of Sevres. Compare sea- 
ifreen. 
To all the markets of the world 
These porcelain leaves are wafted on, 
Light yellow leaves with spots and stains 
Of violet and of crimson dye, . . . 
And beautiful with celadon. 
Longfellow, Ke>amos. 
II. a. Having the color celadon. 
2 To overlay or cover the interior upper sur- celandine (sel'an-din), n. [Formerly celadine, 
' ' - <.MJE,.celidmne,eelydon,celydoun,seladony,&te., 
< OF. celidoine, F. chelidoine = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. 
celidonia,< L. chelidonia (NL. chelidonium),< Gr. 
%eh,i66viov, swallowwort, < ^e/jrfuv (-fov-) = L. 
hirundo(n-), a swallow: see Chelidon, Hirundo.] 
1. The Chelidonium majus, a papaveraceous 
plant of Europe, naturalized in the United 
States, having glaucous foliage, bright-yellow 
flowers, and acrid yellow juice, which is some- 
times .employed as a purgative and as a remedy 
for warts. To distinguish it from the following 
plant, it is often called the greater celandine. 
2. The pilewort, Ranunculus Ficaria, called in 
England the lesser or small celandine. 
There is a flower, the Lesser Celandine 
That shrinks like many more from cold and rain ; 
And the first moment that the sun may shine, 
Belonging to or resembling fa 0e o f ( a room or building) with wood", plaster, 
cloth, or other material. See ceiling, 2. Former- 
ly with special reference to ornamental hangings, or, as in 
the first quotation, to carved woodwork, either on the roof 
or the sides of a room : in the latter use, same as defini- 
tion 3. 
Ceelyn with syllure, celo. Prompt. Pan., p. 651. 
These wallys shal be celyd with cyprusse. The rofe shal 
be eeled vautwyse and with cheker work. 
Hormau, Vulgaria (Way). 
And the greater house he deled with flr-tree. 
2 Chron. iii. 5. 
How will he, from his house ceiled with cedar, be con- 
tent with his Saviour's lot, not to have where to lay his 
head? Decay of Christian Piety. 
3f. To wainscot ; also, by extension, to floor. 
Lambrisser [F.], to wainscot, seel; fret, embow. 
Cotgrave. 
Plancher [F.], to plank or floor with planks, to seel with 
bords. Cotgrave. 
ceiled (seld), p. a. [Early mod. E. also deled, 
Bright as the sun himself, 'tis out again ! 
Wordsworth, A Lesson. 
Tree-celandine, a cultivated species of Bocconia from 
the West Indies, B. frutescens. 
O'ednis (se'drus), M. [L.: see cedar.] A genus ceeled, seeled', sy'led ; pp. of ceil,v.] If. Canopied, celantes (se-lan'tez),. In logic, the mnemonic 
of coniferous trees closely allied to the larch, See ceil, v., 1. 2. Provided with a ceiling. name of an indirect mood of the first figure of 
