Chapter Chouse to Clash of C by Soule's Synonymes

Churn-owl, n. Goat-sucker, night-jar, wheel-bird (Caprimulgus Europæus).

Churr-worm, n. Mole-cricket, fan-cricket, fen-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).

Cicada, n. Harvest-fly (popularly but erroneously called locust in the U. S.).

Cicatrice, Cicatrix, n. Scar, seam.

Cicatrize, v. a. Heal, cover with a scar, cause to heal up.

Cicatrize, v. n. Heal, scar over.

Cicatrize, n. [It.] Gallant (of a married woman), beau, suitor, lover, admirer, dangler about women.

Ci-devant, a. [Fr.] Former, late, quondam, old-time

Cimeter, n. Falchion, scimeter.

Cimeter-shaped, a. Acinaciform.

Cimmerian, a. Black, very dark, intensely dark, midnight.

Cinchona, n. Quinquina, Peruvian bark, Jesuit’s bark, Cinchona bark.

Cincture, n. Band, belt, girdle, cestus.

Cinctured, a. Girded, belted, girdled, girt, engirt.

Cinders, n. pl. Embers.

Cineritious, a. Ashy, ashen, cineritious, like ashes.

Cineritious, a.

1. Ashy. See Cinereous.

2. Ash-colored, ashen, ash-gray.

Cinnabar, n.

1. Red sulphuret of mercury (native), bi-sulphuret of mercury.

2. Vermilion, red sulphuret of mercury (artificial).

3. Dragon’s blood (juice of the Calamus draco).

Cipher, n.

1. Zero, naught or nought, nothing.

2. Character, symbol, device, monogram.