Cilician 
passes through Mount Araanus into Syria, one 
of which was called the Cilicimi (inti'g. 
The worship of Mithras became kunwn to the Koui:ins 
through the I'itn-ittn pirates captured b\ Pompey about 
70 B.C. Kin-i/i: llrit,, XVI. .:;i 
II. ii. An inhabitant of Cilicia. 
cilicioust (si-lish'us), H. [< I., filicimn, < dr. 
ki'/iki'it: 11 coarse cloth made orig. of Cilieian 
goats' hair, iicut. of Ki/ikiiir (L. Ciliriiix), Cili- 
cian, < KI'/IKIII, ]i. Cilif iii, a country in Asia 
Minor.] Mado or consisting of hair. 
A garment of camel's hair ; that is, made of some tex- 
ture of that hair, a coarse garment, a i-il/i-iniix or sack 
cloth habit, suitable to the austerity of his (John the r.ap 
tist's]life. SirT. Itmirne, \ uln. KIT., v. if.. 
cilicium (si-lish'i-um), n. ; pi. cilicia (-it). [L., 
a coarse clotli of goats' hair: see eilitious and 
cilice.] In the early and mcdii'rnl church, an 
undergarment or shirt of haircloth, worn next 
the skin by monks or others as a means of mor- 
tifying the flesh without ostentation; a hair 
shirt. Also cilice. 
ciliella (sil-i-el'a), n. ; pi. cilirll<e (-6). [NL., 
dim. of L. (NL.) citiiim, eyelid (cilium): see 
ciliiiiii. (.'(. ciliola.'] In cntom., a fringe. 
ciliferous (si-lif'e-rus), a. [< NL. citiferus, < 
L. (NL.) ciliniit (see ciliiiiii) + J'i'rr<: = E. bear 1 .] 
Provided with or bearing cilia; ciliated. 
ciliiform (sil'i-i-form), a. [< L. (NL.) cilium 
(see cilium) + forma, form.] Having the form 
of cilia; very fine or slender: specifically ap- 
plied to the teeth of certain fishes when numer- 
ous and all equally fine, as those of the perch. 
Ciliobrachiata (sH"i-6-brak-i-a'ta), n. pi. 
[NL., neut. pi. of ciliobrachiatiis : see cifio- 
brachiate. Cf. Srachiata.J The moss-animal- 
cules; the polyzoans or bryozoans, as a class of 
"polyps" provided with vibratile cilia: a syn- 
onym of Polyzoa. [Not in use.] 
ciliobrachiate (sil"i-6-bra'ki-at or -brak'i-at), 
a. [< NL. ciliobracltiatus, < L. (NL.) cilium (see 
dlium) + brachiitm, the arm.] In zool., having 
the brachia or arms furnished with cilia, as in 
I'olyzoa ; specifically, pertaining to or having 
the characters of the Ciliobrachiata. 
Cilioflagellata (sil"i-6-flaj-e-la'ta), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of cilioflageUatuit : see cilioflagellate. 
Cf. Flagellata.] An order of free-swimming 
animalcules, with locomotive appendages con- 
sisting of one or more lash-like nagella, a sup- 
plementary more or less highly developed cili- 
ary system, and the oral aperture usually dis- 
tinct ; the cilioflagellate inf usorians. As instituted 
by Claparede and Lachmanu (1858-60), the order included 
only the Peridlniidae. As constituted by Saville Kent, it 
consists of the families IleteromaxtiffititF, Mallomonadidce, 
and Trichonemida!, besides the Peridiniida. It corre- 
sponds to the Mantigophora tnchosoinata of Diesing. It 
has been since named by Butschli Dinojiagellata (wliich 
see). 
cilioflagellate (sil''i-d-flaj'e-lat), a. [< NL. 
cilioflagellatus, < L. (NL.) cilium (see cilium) + 
flagellum, a whip, etc. : see flagellum.'] Per- 
taining to or having the characters of the Cilio- 
flagellatu. 
Ciliograda (sil // i-o-gra'da), n. pi. [NL., neut. 
pi. of ciliogradus : see ciliograde.] De Blain- 
ville's name for the Ctenophora. 
ciliograde (sil'i-o-grad), a. and n. [< NL. cilio- 
grimt, < L. (Nt.) cilium (see cilium) + gradi, 
walk.] I. a. Moving by means of cilia. 
II. n. One of the Ciliograda ; a ctenophoran. 
ciliola (si-li'6-la), . pi. [NL., pi. of ciliolum 
(>F.ciKo/e), dim. of cilium: see cilium. Cf.cili- 
clla.~\ In mosses, the slender hair-like pro- 
cesses sometimes occurring between the teeth 
of the inner peristome. Also called cilia. See 
cut under cilium. 
ciliospinal (sil'i-o-spi'nal), a. [< cili(ary) + 
njiiiinl.'] Pertaining to the ciliary region of the 
eyeball and to the spinal cord ciliospinal 
center, the center for dilatation of the pupil in the Tower 
cervical and upper thoracic portions of the spinal cord. 
cilium (sil'i-um), n. ; pi. cilia (-a). [NL. (> P. cil 
= Pr. cit, silh = Sp. cija = It. cigtio), a particular 
use of L. cilium, an eyelid, lit. a cover, akin to 
celare, cover, conceal.] 1. In anat., one of the 
hairs which grow from the margin of the eye- 
lids; an eyelash. 2. One of the minute, gener- 
ally microscopic, hair-like processes of a cell 
or other part or organ of the body, or of an 
entire organism, permanently growing upon and 
projecting from a free surface, capable of active 
vibratile or ciliary movement, producing cur- 
rents in surrounding media, as air or water, and 
thug serving as organs of ingestion or egestion, 
prehension, locomotion, etc. In the higher animals 
cilia are very characteristic of the free surface of various 
tissues, as mucous membrane, the epithelial cells of which 
are ciliated. In such cases the cilia have in the individual 
bV, 
1001 
cells precisely tile same- action as in the numberless micro- 
seopic animals ..! wbicli they arc hiuhly rbaraeteristic. as 
infusorians. la<li..larians. p.ily/oalls, r.. liters, an. I III.' . n 
bryonic or larval Kta^es ..t scry man) otber in\ ert el. rates. 
Cilia are dist inuiiisbe.i by their permanency from the va- 
rious temp.. rai> | --.- u llirll resemble tllcm, such a.S 
pseud. .podia, and by their minuteness anil activity from 
the -imilar t.iit u-nally lai-_-rr special |it-..c..-sses kn.mu as 
Ma^ella, \ll.laellla.ete.; hut tbe distinction is Hot abso- 
lute. The peculiar \ibratile action of cilia is termed 
.....'MM-. >, e cuts under lililnttH-ti'li', POAMMMUM, 
and I'" rli'-< -//'I 
3. In but. : (a) In mosses, one of the hair-like 
processes within the peristome. (6) One of the 
microscopic hair-like ap- 
pendages which are of- 
ten present upon the re- 
productive bodies, such 
as antherozoids and zo- 
ospores of cryptogams. 
They are frequently two 
in number and vibrate 
with great rapidity, pro- 
ducing locomotion. 4. 
Inentom., a hair set with 
others; a fringe, like 
eyelashes, generally on 
cilia. Portion of peristome the leg or margins of the 
*M?wgtiir f >*g"ifc<f?"'" " w igs of- insects. 
a, a. two outer teeth; i. t. [In all 8611868 DlOSt 
<anm?i".' c|pn ' :l " s; '' c '" ai commonly used in the 
plural.] 
cillery t, . See cilery. 
cillo (sii'6), . [NL., prob. (like F. filler, wink, 
cil, eyelid) < L. cilium, an eyelid: see cilium.'] 
In pathol., a constant spasmodic trembling of 
the upper eyelid. Sometimes called life's-blood. 
cillosis (si-16'sis), n. [NL., as cillo + -osis.] 
Same as cillo. 
cillotic (si-lot'ik), a. [< cillosis (cillot-) + -ic.~] 
Affected with cillosis or cillo. 
cima, n. See cyme. 
cimar, . See ttimar. 
cimarron (Sp. pron. se-mar-ron'), n. [Sp. cimar- 
ron, wild, unruly, < cima, < ML. cima, the top of 
a mountain, summit. Hence E. maroon, q. v.] 
A Spanish-American name of the bighorn or 
Rocky Mountain sheep, Oris montana. [South- 
western U. S.] 
cimbalt (sim'bal), n. [Prob. a corruption of 
simnel, q. v. Of. It. ciambella, a little cake.] 
A kind of confection. Nares. 
Cimbex (sim'beks), n. [NL. (Olivier, 1790).] A 
genus of insects, of the hymenopterous family 
Tenthredinida;, characterized by antennas con- 
sisting of 5 joints preceding the club, which con- 
sists of 2 joints soldered together; obtuse spurs ; 
the anterior tarsi of male spined beneath; a 
narrow labrum; wings with 2 marginal and 3 
snbmarginal cells, first submarginal cells with 
2 recurrent nervures, and lanceolate cell with a 
straight cross-line. This is an important genus, com- 
prising some of the largest saw-flies. C. aineru'ana feeds 
upon the elm, and occasionally defoliates large trees. 
cimbia (sim'bi-ji), n.; pi. cimbire (-e). [NL., 
appar. an error for cimbra, < Sp. cimbra, cim- 
bria = Cat. cindria = F. cintre, y E. cinier, cen- 
ter 2 , an arched frame, orig. a cincture : see cin- 
ter, center^.] 1. In arch., a fillet, list, band, or 
cincture. Gicilt. 2. In anat., a slender white 
band crossing the ventral surface of the cms 
cerebri, forming a distinct ridge in certain ani- 
mals, as the cat. 
cimbial (sim'bi-al), a. [< cimbia + -al.~\ Per- 
taining to the cimbia. 
Cimbrian (sim'bri-an), n. and H. [< L. Cimber 
(Cimbri-), a Cimbrian, + -an.] I. a. Same as 
Cimbric. 
II. n. 1. One of the Cimbri; an inhabitant 
of Cirnbria. 2. Same as Cimbric. 
Cimbric (sim'brik), a. and n. [< L. Cimbricus, 
< Cimbri (see def.).] I. a. Pertaining to the 
Cimbri, an ancient people of central Europe, 
of uncertain local habitation and ethnographi- 
cal position. They pushed into the Roman provinces 
in 118 B. C., and in company with the Teutons and (lanls 
engaged with and defeated Roman armies in southern 
Gaul and elsewhere (the most notable defeat being that 
of Cicpio and Mallius in 105 B. c.)until 101 B. C., when they 
were defeated and virtually exterminated by Marius on 
the Raudian Fields in northern Italy. The peninsula of 
Jutland was named from them the Cimbric Cnergontse. 
II. . The language of the Cimbri. 
cimelia, H. Plural of cimelium. 
cimeliarcht, . [< LL. cimeliarcha, < LGr. K.CI- 
/itl>.idpxr/c, < Keifiq/.tov, treasure, -f apxeiv, rule.] 
1 . A warden or keeper of valuable objects be- 
longing to a church. 2. The apartment in an- 
cient churches where the plate and vestments 
were deposited; the treasure-chamber of a 
church. 
Cimmerian 
Cimelium (si- me 'li-iii.i), . ; pi. i-iiiii-lia (-&). 
I Ml,., commonly in pi. rimi'lin (in 1-1. sometimes 
used as sing. I, < (Jr. Mt/ii/'/im. a treasure, neut. 
ol' ;. ////,//(/'. treasured up, stored up, < vintlm, 
lie.] A precious or eosth possession: IL trea- 
siiri-; espi-r'iiilly, an article of plate, a costly 
robe, vestment, etc., in an imperial or royal 
treasury, or in the treasury attached to a ohnrcli, 
or one of the more valuable objects of art or 
antiquity in a museum or archaeological collec- 
tinn : in the plural, a collection of such objects; 
a treasury. [The plural form is sometimes used 
as a singular in the collective sense.] 
The monster* of jmreelain which compose the e/: 
of the days of the l)uclic3 of Portland. 
.\rl Journal, VII. 210. 
cimentt, " and r. An obsolete form of ceim-iit. 
ciiaeter, . See .tiniiinr. 
cimex (si'meks), n. [L., a bug, > Sp. chim-ln; 
> E. rliiiirli-, q. V. Cf. eimixx.] 1. PI. ciani-i-x 
(sim'i-sez). A bug, as a bedbug. 2. [<"/'] 
[NL.] A genus of heteropterous hemipterous 
insects, typical of the family I'imietdas. ('nin.r 
lii-liilnriuK is the bedbug. See 6u</ 2 , 2. 
cimiclc (si-mis'ik), a. [< L. eiaiei (cimic-), a 
ling i '. + -"'.] Belonging to or de- 
rived from bugs of the genus Cimet. cimiclc 
acid, <'].-,ll-_'H <l 'j< an acid forming yellowish crystals, ami 
having a feeble hut characteristic smell and taste, pre- 
pared from a species of Cimejr. 
cimicid (sim'i-sid), . A bug of the family Ci- 
iiiit'iiltr. 
Cimicidae (si-mis'i-de), . ;;/. [NL., < Cimex 
(Clinic-) + -Ida:"] A family of neteropterous 
hemipterous insects or bugs, named from the 
genus Cimex. It is divided into two subfam- 
ilies, Anthoeorinte and Cimicinte. Also called 
Acdiithiido'. 
Cimicifuga (sim-i-sif 'u-gii), n. [NL. , < L. cimex 
(cimic-), bug, + fugare, drive away, caus. of 
fugcre, flee: see^i(</t'<i!T.] A genus of plants, 
natural order Kanunculacece, closely allied to 
Actcea ; the bugworts or bugbanes. The species 
are perennial herbs, natives of Europe, Siberia, and North 
America. The European C. /fflida is very fetid, and is 
used for driving away vermin. The American black snake- 
root is C. ractiuona, the root of which is used as a remedy 
iu rheumatism, chorea, dropsy, chronic bronchitis, etc. 
cimicifugin (sim-i-sif'u-jin), n. [< Cimicifuga 
f -i 2 .] An impure resin obtained from C'imi- 
ciftu/a racemosa. 
Cimicinae (sim-i-si'ne). n. pi. [NL., < Cimex 
(Cimic-) + -itue.] The typical subfamily of 
Cimicidtr, represented by the common bedbug. 
cimicine (sim'i-sin), n. [< L. cimex (cimic-) + 
-i'ne 2 .] The substance which emits the very 
disagreeable odor used as a means of defense 
by the bedbug and many other Hemiptera. it is 
a fluid which is secreted by glands in the metathorax, and 
in some species can be ejected to a considerable distance. 
ciraier (se-mia'), n. [F., a crest, a buttock (of 
beef).] 1. The crest of a helmet; specifically, 
the ornamental crest of a medieval helmet. 
See lieaumc. This French word is used to distinguish 
the medieval crest from the crests of the helmets of classi- 
cal antiquity, Oriental nations, etc. 
2. In her., the ornament, consisting of a hel- 
met with lambrequins, which surmounts some 
escutcheons. 
cimisst, n. [< F. as if "ciniice (OF. cime) = It. 
cimice, < L. cimex (cimic-): see cimex."] The 
bedbug. See cimex. 
cimitert, See simitar. 
Cimmerian (si-me'ri-an), a. and n. [< L. Cim- 
meriun (Gr. K.i/ffiipiof')', pertaining to the Cim- 
merii, Gr. Kt/uicpioi.'] I. a. 1. Pertaining to 
the Cimmerii, a mythical people mentioned by 
Homer as dwelling "beyond the ocean-stream, 
where the sun never shines, and perpetual 
darkness reigns." Later writers sought to localize 
them, and accordingly place. I them in Italy, near the 
Avernus, or in Spain, or in the Tauric Chersonese, and 
represented them as dwelling in perpetual darkness, so 
that the expression Cimmerian darlrneg* (Cimmeritx teite- 
brte) became proverbial. See 3. 
Hence 2. Very dark; obscure; gloomy. 
There, under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, 
As ragged as thy locks, 
. In 'lark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 10. 
3. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a nomadic people 
of antiquity dwelling in the Crimea, near the 
sea of Azof, and in the country of the lower 
Volga, and perhaps, from some vague know- 
ledge, the original of the mythical Cimmerii. 
H. n. One or the Cimmerii, in either the myth- 
ical or the historical application of that name. 
Our bark 
Reached the far confines of Oceanus. 
There lies the land, and there the people dwell, 
Of the Ciinineritiitx, in eternal cloud 
And darkness. Bryant, Odyssey, xt 
