circus 
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A pleasant valley, like one of those circuses which, in cirrhotic fsi ror'ikl f< rirrhnx , /, . T 
treat cities ojnewhiro, .lutl, (in u pteuanl ipecticle ... Tjv , ' i' L ,1 trr "" tl " < , 8e< - -'.''". 1 
mining luirscs. Hir I'. XiW/ici/. Anectod vnth or having the character ol c-ir- 
Cirroteuthis 
rhosis. 
Cirri, . Plural of cirrus. 
cirribranch (sir'i-brangk), a. and n. [< L. cir- 
rus (sc><> cii-nis) + brinicliin; gills.] I. </. ll;r. 
ing cirrous gills: applied to the tooth-shells. 
II. n. One of the Cirribrancliiiitn. 
Also cirfibnincliiiilc. 
Cirribranchiata (sir-i-brang-ki-a'tii), . ;,;. 
[NL., ueut. pi. of ciri-ibi-itiicliiiitut: see ci>c/- 
liriiiicliiuli .] An order of scaphopodous mol- 
lusks, having the oral extremity surmounted by 
They must have something to cut, and the <_ 
to look at. II. 1C. Unhurt, 111,1 Vol. of Life. ]i. I. 
3. In England, the space formed at the inter- 
section of two streets by making the buildings 
at the angles concave, so as to give the inter- 
vening space the form of a circle: as, Oxford 
Circus, Regent '/,,//., in London. 4. An in- 
closed space of :iny kind; a circuit. 
The narrow cm-it* of my dungeon wall. 
/.'/*/. lament of Tasso. 
Snlnei|iieiilly to this event [the eruption of a volcano] 
considerable dislocations have taken place, and an oval 
eirnu has been formed by subsidence. 
Oarvta, Ceol. nl,.,,-rvations, i. 46. 
5. [nip.'] [NL.] In ornith., a genus of diurnal 
birds of prey, the harriers, 
family Circiiin: (which see), i; ,,.., is the ,,.. 
mon harrier of Km-ope; I: l,u,lg,,i,iua is the North Ameri- 
can marsh-hawk ; and there are sundry other species. 
Circus movements, in /mllml., movements in a circle, the 
result of Home unilateral lesions of the base of the brain 
Cire perdue ( F. pron. ser per-dii'). [F., lit. lost 
wax: cire, < L. ecru, wax ; /icrdue, fern, of itc.rdu, 
pp. of perdre, < L. /icnlcn; lose : see cere, n., and 
//,/.] A method of casting bronze by mak- 
ing a model in wax and inclosing it in plaster, 
melting the wax out of the plaster, and then -<,_.,-,-__ / ': ^:,'' 
using the latter as a mold for the bronze. mgerous (si-rij e-rus), a. 
cirket, See cirque. 
Cirl (s6rl), . [< NL. cirliis, < It. sit .., 
(of a thrush), < :irlare, whistle (like a thrush), 
Cirrites forsteri. 
"':!;r J 1 ;;;!;; 1 ;!':;, ,:; sisar 1 ^ VvS cirrobranchiata, . * see am*,^/*. 
tHM,Ctrrli:i,riinel,iii,i;',-r(,ltranehia,i'iri' fir- Cirro-cumulus (sir-ii-kii'inu-his), H. [< L. Cir- 
niii iiv""" / " a vj tc 'i r(see cirrus) + cumulus, :i heap : see (ii,,iulus."\ 
prey, the harriers, typical of the sub- Cimprancmate (sir-i-brang ki-at), a. and . A form of cloud having the character of both 
'-- '---- l<. aL. cirribranchtatus, < L. efmu (see cirrus) the cirrus and the cumulus. See </(/! 
. 
< 
* oraaed 
(sir'i-fdrm), a. [= P. ... 
\j. cirrus (see cirrus) *r forma, form.] 
" a tendril; curly, as a cirrus. 
[< L. cirrus (see 
cirrus) + gerere, carry, + -OM.S-.] Bearing cirri 
or a cirrus; cirrate; cirriferous. 
The . . . peristomial somite Is cirrigerous. 
Huxley, Aiiat. Invert., p. 200. 
1872 on a single species, C. triangulifer. ingen- 
cral , S?231 !t '' 8 <"b' the ^r^/,te The i,^ 
are long, U,e pnmaries blunted, the sc-condaries small ; the 
Cirl-bunting (Emberixa cirlus}. 
ily FringUlidte and ge 
nus Smbtrtta, 
the E. cirlus, a 
common Euro- 
pean species. 
Also written as 
two words, cirl 
bunting. 
Cirque (serk), n. 
[Early mod. E. 
also cirke; < 
F. cirque, < L. 
circus : see cir- 
cus, and cf. 
cire.'] 1. A cir- 
cus. [Obso- 
lete or poeti- 
cal.] 
Although the 
Cirques were gen- 
erally consecrated 
unto Neptune, yet 
it seemeth that the Sunne had a special! interest in this. 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 232. 
See, the Cirque falls! th' unpillar'd temple nods. 
Pope, Duuciad, iii. 107. 
2. A circle ; specifically, a circle regarded as 
inclosing any space or surrounding any object 
or group of objects. [Obsolete or poetical.] 
When we saw our old acquaintance would not stay 
aboord vs as before for hostage, but did what they could 
to draw vs into a narrow cirke, we exchanged one Owen 
Griffin with them for a yong fellow of theirs. 
Quoted iu Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 111. 
Like a dismal Cirque 
Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. 
Keata, Hyperion, 1. 
3. Same as comb 2 . 
cirque-couchant (sirk'ko'shant), a. Lying 
cofled up or in a circle. [A poetical coinage.] 
He found a palpitating snake, 
Bright, and cirque-coitehant in a dusky brake. 
Keatu, Lamia. 
cirrate (sir'at). a. [< L. cirratm, curled, hav- 
ing ringlets, < cirrus: see cirrus.'] Having 
cirri or a cirrus 
Acalephce. Carpenter. 
EC. n. That which moves by means of cirri. 
K. Owen. 
Having feet like cirri ; specifically, pertaining 
to the Cirripedia. Also cirropodous. 
II. . One of the Cirripedia. 
Certain hermaphrodite eirripedei are aided In their re- 
production by a whole cluster of what I have called com- 
plemental males, which differ wonderfully from the ordi- 
nary hermaphrodite form. 
Darwin, Different Forms of Flowers, p. 275. 
Cirrafkattui trianfitlifer, natural size. 
a, female moth ; A, primary, and c, secondary, showing venation. 
thorax is square with a central crest ; the abdomen is stout; 
the antenna; are stout, simple, and witli thickened scape; 
the head is held forward ; the labial palpi are free and pro- 
jected ; the front tibite have a simple superior terminal 
claw ; and the ovipositor is simple and exsertile. The ge- 
nus probably belongs with the Stiriince. The larva is un- 
known. Also Cirrhophamw. 
A subclass of 
A 
Also cirrhiped, cirrhipede, cirrhopod, cirrho- cjrropod, cirropode (sir'o-pod, -pod), a. and n. 
j>odc, cirropod, cirropode. tj L - >'f* (see cirrus) + Gr. rotf (iro6-) = E. 
Cirripeda (si-rip'e-da), . pi. An improper -f oot ^ . See cirri >> e<l - 
form of Cirripedia. ' Cirropodous (si-rop'o-dus), a. [< cirropod + 
Cirripede, a. and . See cirripetl. :"" S -J / Sam . as cirri >>cd. 
Cirripedia (sir-i-pe'di-a), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. cirros ( slr n 8 ,)' " L< NL - nrrosus, < L. cirrus: 
_ / >\. _. -J-, . ', , * , gee cirrus.] l.Inooi.: (a) Having a cirrus or 
tendril : specifically applied to a leaf tipped 
with a tendril, or, in mosses, with a very nar- 
row or hair-like sinuous point, (b) Resembling 
tendrils, or coiling like them. 2. In ornith., 
having the head tufted with slender, usually 
curly, plumes. Cones. 3. In entom., bearing 
one or more slender bunches of curved or 
curled hairs, as the antennae of certain longi- 
corn beetles. 
Also written cirrous, cirrhose, cirrhous. 
cirrostomatous (sir-o-stom'a-tus), a. Same as 
ctrrostomous. 
Cirrostomi (si-ros'to-mi), . pi. [NL. , pi. of cir- 
rostomus : see cirroslomous.~] One of the many 
names applied to the acranial vertebrates (I'lia- 
ryngobraiichia, Lcptocardia, or Acrania) repre- 
sented by the genus Amphioxux or BmncMo- 
stoma, the lancelets: so named from the cirri 
surrounding the mouth. 
of cirripcs(-ped-): see'cirriped.] 
low parasitic entomostracous 
crustaceans; the barnacles 
and acorn-shells. They have a 
multivalvular shell or carapace, and 
a mantle. The abdomen is rudi- 
mentary or obsolete ; the feet are in 
the form of cirri (whence the name) 
and normally 6 in number; the sexes 
are mostly united, or, if distinct, the 
male is a minute parasite of the fe- 
male; and the young are free, but the 
adults are affixed by the head to 
some foreign body, either by a long 
peduncle exserted from the shell, or 
ofteuer by a short process inclosed 
in the shell. These singularly meta- 
morphosed and disguised crusta- 
ceans become degraded by parasitism 
as they mature, the free young being 
altogether more highly organized 
than the fixed adults. They are usual- 
ly divided into three orders, Thora- 
cica, Abdominalia, and Apoda, to 
which a fourth, Shizocephala, is 
sometimes added. Also Cirrhipeda, 
Cirrhipedia, Cirrhojmla, Cirrhopo- 
des, Cirripeda, Cirnpedeg, etc. See 
, cirriferous or cirrigerous. also cuts tinder Balanus "and Lepai. 
Clrrate antennae, anteniue in which each joint has one Oirrites ("si-rl'teVI TNT, 
or more long, curved, or curled processes, which are K en- ,nl ici^r /T ' L / 
erally fringed with nne hairs : a modification of the pecti- (y 11611 ! ) < L. cirrus (see 
Larval Cirripeds. 
A, Xauplius-form of 
idcs on leaving the 
. B. Attached pupa 
owing locomotive 
nate'type. cirrus) + -itat.] The typical 
cirrated (sir'a-ted), a. [< cirrate + -ed%.~\ genus of fishes of the family 
Provided with cirri or a cirrus; curled like a Cirritidte. Also Cirrltites (ori- jj ar yapodem< 
cirrus * cirrosc **in /^./i*iirf*ja\ / . . ^, A-J 
cirrh-. For words beginning thus, not found 
under this form, see cirr-. 
cirrhonosus (si-rpn'o-sus), . [< Gr. Kipp6? 
ginally Cirrhitus). 
1803. 
Lacepede, 
/.gut- 
'ith ce- 
ment-duct running to 
the antenna. 
Cirrostomidse (sir-o-stom'i-de), n. pi. [As Cir- 
rostomi + -idee."] Same as Cirrostomi. 
Cirrostomous (si-ros'to-mus), a. [< NL. cir- 
rostomus, < L. cirrus (see cirrus) + Gr. aroua, 
mouth.] Having cirri around the mouth; spe- 
cifically, having the characters of the Cirro- 
stomi. Also cirrostomatous. 
cirro-stratus (sir-o-stra'tus), n. [< L. cirrs(see 
cirrus) + stratus, spread flat: see stratum.'] A 
form of cloud having the character of both the 
cirrus and the stratus. See cloud*, 1. 
. 
ctrritid (sir'i-tid), n. A fish of the family Cir- cirroteutbid (sir-o-tu'thid), n. A cephalopod 
, ritidie. Also cirrhitid. ot the family Cirrotfuthida: Also cirrhoteuthid. 
, . . , . . 
tawny, + vocrof, disease.] In patliol., a diseased OirritidaB (si-rit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Cirrites Cirroteuthidae (sir-o-tu'thi-tle), . pi. [NL. 
condition of a fetus, characterized by a yellow + -t(te.] A family of acanthopterygian fishes < Cirroteuthis + -idee.] A family of octopo 
appearance of the pleura, peritoneum, etc. 
Cirrhosis (si-ro'sis), n. [NL. (> F. cirrhose), < 
Gr. nippof, tawny, + -osis.~] In )>athol., chronic 
inflammation of interstitial connective tissue, 
especially of the liver. The name is derived from the 
yellow appearance of the liver when in this condition, but 
it may be applied to the same state exhibited In other or- 
gaus. 
represented by the genus Cirrites, to which dif- 
ferent limits have been ascribed. They have per- 
fect ventral flns, no bony stay for the preoperculum. a con- 
tinuous lateral line, the lower rays of the pectoral fins un- 
branched, and neither trenchant teeth nor molars in the 
jaws. The species are confined to the Pacific ocean and 
some are important food-fishes. The family has liee'n ell- """'"""" 
vided into the subfamilies Cirritinas, Chilixlactylina:, Chi- ClITOteuthiS (sir-O-tu'this), . [NL., < L cir- 
r<memina,&n<lUaplodactylina. Also Cirrhitida. nis (see cirrus) +' Gr. rfttfi'f, a squid.] A ge- 
, >pod 
cephalopods, represented by the genus Cirro- 
tfutliis, with a rather long body, provided with 
short lateral fins (one on each "side), supported 
by internal cartilage, and arms united nearly 
to the tips by a broad umbrellar web. Also 
