Celsiture
(Cel"si*ture) n. [L. celstudo, from celsus high: cf. celsitude.] Height; altitude. [Obs.]
Celsius
(Cel"si*us) n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish
astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
Celt
(Celt) n. [L. Celtae, Gr. Keltoi`, Ke`ltai, pl.: cf. W. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant
of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] One of an ancient race of people, who formerly
inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy
Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The
letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]
Celt
(Celt), n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Archæol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the
tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.
Celtiberian
(Celt`i*be"ri*an) a. [L. Celtiber, Celtibericus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a
district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river
Iberus). — n. An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
Celtic
(Celt"ic) a. [L. Celticus, Gr. Keltiko`s. See Celt.] Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people,
tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]
Celtic
(Celt"ic), n. The language of the Celts.
The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh
and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.
Celticism
(Celt"i*cism) n. A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.
Celticize
(Celt"i*cize`) v. t. To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.
Cembalo
(||Cem"ba*lo) n. [It. See Cymbal.] An old name for the harpsichord.
Cement
(Ce*ment") (se*ment" or sem"ent), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a
rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum,
fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]
1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will
harden under water.
3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of
our love."
5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; — called also cementum.
Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.
Cement
(Ce*ment") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter.
See Cement, n.]
1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.
2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.
