cinctoplanular 
of a sponge; having the character of a cincto- 
planula. 
Cincture (singk'tur), n. [= F. ccinturr = Pr. 
Centura = It. cintiira (Sp. ciiituni, the waist, 
formerly a girdle, = Pg. cintuni, the waist), < L. 
cinetiirii, a girdle, < cingcre, pp. cinctux, gird, 
surround. Of. wiiif. a mlm-i , autir- = cinlci-. 
and see cinrlt, cin<//<; etc. ] 1. A belt, girdle, or 
baud worn round the body or round a part of it. 
Now happy lie wlioM- elnak and riiictiin c-illl 
Hold out this tempest. ,s7/i-.. K. .lohn. iv. :s. 
Like niie thiit shuddered, she tinliimnd 
The .-iiniiirc (nun hcneath her Invest. 
Ciilrri,!:/,', rhristnhel, i. 
Specifically 2. The girdle used to confine a 
clergyman s cassock, usually of the color of the 
cassock and made of silk or serge. 
Stejijicil 1'riilll the iTuw.l ;i nliiiistly wight, 
III a/ure gown, and fi/n-/<i,;' \vliite. 
Saitt, Munition, iv. IB. 
Hence 3. Something resembling a belt or 
girdle. 
Hound ali the dazl'd Zodiac which throws 
His spanirled Cincture o'r the slippery Spheres 
To keep in order ami gird up the Years. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ill. 09. 
4. That which encompasses or incloses; inclo- 
sure; barrier; circuit; fence. 
The court and prison heing within the cincture of one 
wall. Damn, Hen. VII. 
5. In arc/i., a raised ring or a list around a col- 
umn. Humeral Cincture, In ichth., a belt of bones 
bMrtog the pectoral tin of a rlsh, by some considered ho- 
niiiloKou.s with the scapular arch, by others with the hu- 
menis. 
cinctured (singk'turd), a. [< cincture + -ed 2 .] 
Girded with a cincture ; girdled. 
Their feather-cinctured chiefs and dusky loves. 
Gray, Progress of Poesy. 
His movements were watched by hundreds of natives, 
. . . an exceedingly tall race, almost naked, . . . the wo- 
men cinctured with a woof of painted feathers or a deerskin 
apron. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 34. 
cinder (sin'der), n. [< ME. cinder, sinder (spell- 
ed cyndyr, syndyr in Prompt. Parv., 1440, per- 
haps the earliest ME. authority for the word), 
prob. < AS. sinder, scoria, dross of iron, = Icel. 
simlr = Sw. sinder, slag or dross from a forge, 
= Dan. ninder, a spark of ignited iron, a cin- 
der, = I), siittels, cinders, coke, = OHG. sin- 
tar, MHG. G. sinter, dross of iron, scale (> E. 
sinter, q. v.); origin uncertain. The spelling 
and sense of the E. word have been affected by 
F. cendre, < L. cinis (ciner-), ashes: see cinera- 
oeous.~\ 1. A piece or mass of any substance 
that has been partially consumed or calcined 
by heat and then quenched: as, the cinder of 
a forge. 2. A small live coal among ashes; 
an ember. [Rare or obsolete.] 
I shall show the cinders of my spirits 
Through the ashes of my chance. 
Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 
3. pi. The mass of ashes, with small fragments 
of unconsumed coal interspersed, which re- 
mains after imperfect combustion, or after a 
fire has gone out. (See cote 1 .) 4. pi. In geol., 
coarse ash or scoriaa thrown out of volcanos. 
(See as/( 2 .) This material when solidified be- 
comes tuff or tufa. 5. One of the scales thrown 
off by iron when it is worked by the blacksmith. 
There Is in smiths' cinders, by some adhesion of Iron, 
sometimes to be found a magnetical operation. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
6. In metal., slag, especially that produced in 
making pig-irou in the blast-furnace. 7. Any 
strong liquor, as brandy, whisky, sherry, etc., 
mixed with a weaker beverage, as soda-water, 
lemonade, water, etc., to fortify it; a "stick." 
[Slang.] 
cinder-bed (sin'der-bed), n. A quarrymen's 
name for a stratum of the upper Purbeck series, 
almost wholly composed of oyster-shells, and 
named from its loose structure. It is a marine 
bed lying among fresh-water deposits. 
cinder-cone (sin'der-kon), . A formation re- 
sulting from the deposition of successive erup- 
tions of fine material, ash, lapilli, and scorise. 
from a volcano. 
cinder-fall (sin'der-f al), n. The dam over which 
the slag from the cinder-notch of a furnace flows. 
cinder-frame (sin'der-fram). n. In locomotive 
engines, a frame of wirework placed before the 
tubes to arrest the ascent of large pieces of 
burning coke. 
cindering, cindring (sin'der-ing, -dring), a. [< 
fimler + -ing 1 .} Reducing to cinders. [Rare.] 
Sword and cindring flame. Gaxcoiyne (1687). 
cinder-notch (sin'der-noch), n. In metal-work- 
ing, a notch made on the top of the dam of a blast- 
furnace to allow the slag to run off. 
1003 
cinderoust, cindroust (sin'der-uN, -drus), . 
[< cinder + -vus.] Pertaining to or like cin- 
der; slaggy. 
M. UN i,y heat Hell pnrltled ami cleauu'd. 
Or of a certain sharp and ciiuinm* humour. 
S///r<-*l,'r, tr. uflMl l:;u'l:i-. ]. t.'.u. 
Cinder-path (sin'der-path), . A path or nay 
laid with cinders instead of gravel. 
There Ha.-, ii lin, ail 
Held. 
diagonally en. "in- a 
'.I/,.,. 
cinder-pig (si n 'tier-pig), . Pig-iron made from 
cinder. See hiilliliH/, 6. 
Cinder-sifter (sin'der-sifter), . One who or 
thttt which sifts cinders; specifically, a perfo- 
rated shovel or sieve for sil'iinir ashes or dust 
from cinders. 
cinder-tub (sin' tier-tub), n. A shallow iron 
truck with movable sides into which the slag 
of a furnace flows from the cinder-fall. 
cinder-wench (sin'der -wench), n. A cinder- 
woman. 
In the black form of cinder-wench she came. 
Gay, Trivia, II. 181. 
cinder-woman (sin'der-wum'an), . A woman 
whose occupation it is to rake for cinders in 
heaps of ashes. [Eng.] 
cinder-wool (sin'der-wul), B. A fibrous glass 
obtained by the action of a jet of air or steam 
upon molten slag as it flows from a blast-fur- 
nace. More commonly called mineral wool. 
cindery (sin'der-i), a. f< cinder + -y 1 .] Re- 
sembling cinders ; containing cinders, or com- 
posed of them ; scoriaceous. 
In some cases the [lava] rock is compact, while In others 
It is spongy or cindery, when it is said to be scoriaceous. 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 190. 
cindring, a. See cindering. 
cindroust, a. See cinderous. 
cinefactiont (sin-e-fak'shon), H. [< ML. cine- 
factio(n-), < L. cinefaetus, turned to ashes, < c>- 
MJS, ashes, + factus, pp. of facere, make. Cf. 
cinefy.] The act or process of reducing to 
ashes. E. Phillips, 1706. 
cinefyt, v, t. [< L. cinis, ashes, + -ficare, < fti- 
o-rt, make. Ci.cinef action.] To reduce to ashes. 
Coles, 1717. 
cinematic, cinematical, etc. Same as kine- 
matic, etc. 
Cinenchyma (si-neng'ki-ma), n. [XL., < Gr. 
Ktvelv, move, + iyxviia, infusion, < cyx e ~ tv > infuse, 
pour in, < h, = E. i, + x e ' v , pour.] In bot., 
tissue consisting of irregularly branching and 
anastomosing vessels, and containing a milky 
or yellow juice. 
The latex [of Euphorbia phosjihorea] exhibits movements 
which have given origin to the name cinenchyma applied 
to laticiferous tissue by some authors. Eneyc. Brit., IV. 87. 
cinenchymatous (sin-eng-kim'a-tus), a. [< 
cinenchyma(t-) + -ous.~\ Pertaining to or com- 
posed of cinenchyma; containing latex or 
elaborated sap ; laticiferous. 
cineraceous (sin-e-ra'shius), a. [< L. rinera- 
cews, ashy, < cinis (ciner-), ashes (esp. common 
in reference to the ashes of a corpse that has 
been burned), = Gr. xAvtf, dust, ashes; cf. Skt. 
kana (lingual n), a small grain, as of dust or 
rice. Cf. cinder.] Of ashes ; ashy ; cinereous. 
Cineraria (sin-e-ra'ri-a), . [NL. (so called 
from the soft white down which covers the sur- 
face of the leaves), < L. cincrarius, pertaining 
to ashes: see cinerary.] 1. A g^enus of plants. 
natural order I'omposita: consisting of herbs 
cingle 
or small shrubs, with small heads of yellow 
flowers. They arc chiefly found In South Africa. Sev- 
peclM lurmeily included in this genus ha\. 
trall.-telTeil to nthel' -elieni. 
2. [/. c.] A name given by florists to plants of 
the genus >< < <<. <lcri\ed by cultivation from 
>'. criii'iitnx (formerly I'iin-riirin rrm nlni. a na- 
tive of TenerilTe in the Canary islancl>. They 
have white or purple flowers. See cut in pre- 
ceding column. 
cinerarium(8in-e-ra'ri-um). H.; )>). riinrnrin(-si). 
[L. : si-e ehurarv.] In /(///.. niclie in liie 
wall of a tomb designed to receive a cinerary 
urn; hence, any niche in the wall of a toniK. 
even when large enough to receive a sarcoplm 
^'iis. Ancient tombs were often provided with 
cineraria in three or even all of their side walls. 
cinerary(sin'- 
e-rfi-ri), a. [< 
L. 'cincrarius, 
pertaining to 
ashes, neut. 
cinerarium, a 
receptacle for 
the ashes of 
the dead, < 
finis (ciiifi'-), 
ashes: see rin- 
iriii'ionx,] Of 
or pertaining 
to ashes; con- 
taining ashes. 
Cinerary urn, 
a sepulchral urn 
in which are de- 
posited the ashes 
of a cremated 
corpse. 
There were also 
many niches lor 
cinerant urns. 
Cinerary Urn. 
(From a columbarium near Rome.) 
[of the Sara- 
[cell, p. 281. 
Cineraria of the Gardens ( Sen, 
cineration (sin-e-ra'shon), n. [< ML. as if V<- 
neratio(n-), < ctratos,"reduced to ashes, pp. of 
"cinerare, < L. cinis (einer-), ashes: see cinera- 
ceous.] The reducing of anything to ashes by 
combustion; incineration. 
cinerea (si-ne're-a), n. [NL., fern, of L. cine- 
revs, ashy: see cinereous.] Gray or cellular 
nerve-tissue, as distinguished from white or 
fibrous nerve-tissue ; the gray substance of the 
brain and spinal cord. 
cinereal (si-ne're-al), a. [<cicrea + -al.] Per- 
taining to the cinerea of the brain. 
cinereous (si-ne're-us), a. [< L. cinereus, ashy, 
< cinis (dner-), ashes: see cineraceous."] Like 
ashes ; having the color of the ashes of wood ; 
dark opaque gray ; ash-gray. 
Pale cinereous earthen vessels. 
Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 124. 
cinerescent (sin-e-res'ent), a. [< LL. cine- 
rescen(t-)s, ppr. of cinerescere, turn into ashes. 
< L. cinis (ciner-), ashes: see cineraceous.'] 
Turning gray or ash-colored; becoming cinere- 
ous ; somewhat ashy-gray. 
cineritious (sin-e-rish'us), a. [< L. ciner itina, 
more correctly cinericius, like ashes, < cinis 
(ciner-), ashes: see cineraceous.] Having the 
color or consistence of ashes; ash-gray: spe- 
cifically applied, in anat., to the cinerea or gray 
nerve-tissue as distinguished from white: as. 
the cineritious or cortical substance of the brain ; 
a cineritious ganglion Cineritious tubercule, in 
anat. : (a) The tuber cinereum. See tuber. (6) The tuTjer- 
culum cinereum of Rolando. See hiberculuni. 
cinerulentt (si-ner'ij-lent), a. [< L. tints 
(ciner-), ashes (see cineraceous), + -ulent, as in 
pulverulent, etc.] Full of ashes. Bailey, 1731. 
Cingalese, Singhalese (sing-ga-les' or -lex'). 
n. and n. I. a. Pertaining to the island of 
Ceylon, or to its principal native race. See 
Ceylonese. 
II. n. 1 . sinfj. and pi. A member or members 
of the principal native race of Ceylon; the 
primitive races of Ceylon collectively. 2. The 
language of the people of Ceylon. 
Also Sinhalese. 
cinglet (sing'gl), n. [= D. siiigel = F. sangle, 
OF. cent/le, = Sp. cincha (> E. cinch, q. v.) = 
Pg. cilha = It. ccnghia, cinghia, < L. cingula 
(ML. also cingla), f. (cf. Sp. cinclto, also later 
cingulo = Pg. cingnlo = It. cingolo, < L. cingu- 
lum, neut.), a girdle, < cingere, gird. Cf. ceint, 
ceinture, cincture, &ud surcingle.] A girth. See 
surcingle. 
cinglet (sing'gl), t. t. [< cingle, .] To girdle ; 
gird. 
