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Show CE ‘C'E" Ce'NTIPEDE. 7. /i [from centum and pes. They deferibed an hyperbola, by changing th centripetal into a centrifugal force A poifonous infect in the Welt Indies commonly called by the Englifh /orr Jegs CE'NTO., n. /. [cento, Lat.] A compofition formed by joining fcraps from othe think the poe revolve in their orbits Relatin adv. [from central.] Wit regard to the centre Though one of the feet moft commonly bear the weight, yet the whole weight refts centrall upon it Dryden CE'NTRE. #. /. [centrum, Lat.] The middle ; that which is equally diftant fro all extremities The heav'ns themfelves the planets centre and thi Obferve degree, priority, and place Shakefpeare If we frame an image of a round body all o fire, the flame proceeding from it would diffuf itfelf every way; fo that the fource, ferving fo the centr there, would be roun {phere of fire and light abou an hug Dighy on Bodies Zo Ce'NT2E. @. 4. [from the noun. 1. To place on a centre; to fix as on centre One foot he centred, and the other turn' Round through the vaft profundity obfcure Milr 2. T'o colle& to a point By thy each look, an thown thought and care, 'ti Thy joys are centred all in me alone Prior He may take a range all the world over, an draw in all that wide air and circumference of fi and vice, and centre it in his own breaft South - O impudent, regardful of thy own .. Whofe thoughts arc centred on thyfelf alone ! Dryd 1. To reft on; to repofe on; as bodie when they gain an equilibrium Where there is no vifible truth wherein to centre errour is as wide as men's fancies, and may wande to eternity Decay of Picty 2. 'To be placed in the midf or centre As God in heav' Is centre, yet extends to all5 fo thou Centring, teceiv'ft from all thofe ogbs 3. To be colle@led to a point Miiton What hopes you had in Diomede, lay down Our hopes mutt centre on ourfelves alone. Dryden Th commo acknowledgment of th bod will at length centre in him, who appears fincerel Atterbury It was attefted by the vifible centring of all th old prophecies in the perfon of Chrift, and by th completion of thefe prophecic himi'elf uttered fince, whic h Arterbury ‘Ce'NTRICK, 2dj, [from centre.] Placed 1 the centre Some, that have decper digg'd in mine than 1 Say where his centrick happinefs doth lie Donre CENTRIFU'GAL. adj. [from centrum an - Jugio, Lat.] Having the quality acquire by bodies in motion, of receding fro #he centre In the head of man, the bafe of the brain an cerebel, yea, of the whole flull, is fet parallel to th horizon Derkarm Ce'rEcLOTH. n. /. [from cere and cloth. Cloth {fmeared over with glutinous matter, ufed to wounds and bruifes tum, of centum and plico, Lat.] To mak a hundred fold; to repeat a hundre times Dis 7o CENTU'RIATE. . a. [centurio, Lat. To divide into hundreds CeENTURIATOR. 7./. [from century.] name given to hiftorians, who diftinguifh times by centuries ; which is generally the method of ecclefiaftical hiftory The centuriators of Magdeburg were the firf that difcovered this grand impofture Ayliffe's Parergon Ce'REBEL. 7. /. [cerebellum, Lat.] Past o the brain Ce'NTUPLE. adj. [centuplex, Lat. A hundred fold To CENTU PLICATE. w. a. [centuplica Umbriel, a dufky melancholy fprite Ce'NTRALLY You ought to pierce the fkin with aneedle, an firong brown thread cered, about half an inch from the edges of the lips Wileman Gay There is now, and was then, a fpace or cavity i the central parts of it; fo large as to give receptio to that mighty mafs of water Woodward's Natural Hiffory Pope's Rape of the Lock centres The thoughtlefs wits fhall frequent forfeits pay Who "gainft the centry's box difcharge their tea to the centre ; containing the centre placed in the centre, or middle Repairs tence fofter than a plafter. Duincy Ce'rRaTED. adj. [ceratus, Lat.] Waxed covered with wax 70 CERE. @. a. [from cera, Lat. wax. To wax Cheyne Ce'NTRY }See SENTINEL Se'NTRY Advertifement to Pope's Dunciad Down to the central earth, his proper fcene thei taly in refpect of the revolving body a cento, our poe Cr'NTRAL. adj. [from centre. is toward CeENTU'RION. 7. [ [centurio, Latin.] military officer among the Romans, wh The ancient Egyptian' mummie in a number of folds of linen gums, in manner of cerecloth one Have burft their cerements CerEMO'NIAL n. / [centuria, Lat. of eternity is fuch, that, thoug fome centuries of years, may fee older by having been enjoyed f will they really ftill continue new Boyle And now time's whiter feries s begun Which in {oft centuries thall fmoothly run. Dryd The lifts of bithops are filled with greater numbers than one would expet; but the fucceflio was quick in the three firft centuries, becaufe th bifhop often ended in the martyr Addifon 2, It 1s fometimes ufed fimply for a hundred into. tribes, an the tribes int CEOL A initial in the names of men which fignifies a fhip or veflel, fuch a thofe that the Saxons landed in. Gibfon Cr'PHALALGY. 7. /. [x:Quaararyiz.] Th headach i CepHA'LICK. adj. [xeparn. is medicinal to the head having horns, or fuppofed to have them Scorpion, and afp, and amphitbena dire Ceraffes hoxn'd, bydrus, and ¢lops drear Milton awa tha externa ceremonia Stilling fleet 2. Formal; obfervant of old forms Oh monftrous, fuperftitious puritan Of refin'd manners, yet ceremonial man That when tho meet'ft one, with enquiring eye Doft fearch, and, like a needy broker, priz The filk and gold he wears Donne With dumb pride, and a fet formal face He moves in the dull ceremonial track With Jove's embroider'd coat upon his back Diyden CeREMO'NIAL 1 Outwar #. f. [from ceremony. form {eriptive formality externa rite pre The only condition that could make it pruden for the clergy to alter the ceremonial, or any indifferent part, would be a refolution in the legiflature to prevent new fects . Swwift 2. The order for rites and forms in th Romifh church CEREMO'NIALNESS, # /. [from ceremo nial.] The quality of being ceremonial over-much ufe of ceremony CerEMO'N10US. adj. [from ceremony.] 1. Confifting of outward rites Under a different @conomy of religion, God wa more tender of the fhell and ceremonious part of hi worfhip South That whic Cepbalick medicines are all fuchas attenuate th blood, fo as to make it circulate eafily throug the capillary veffels of the brain Arbuthnot on Aliments 1 drefled him up with foft folded linen, dippe ina cephalick balfam Wifeman CERASTES. n. 7 [xsgur%g‘ A ferpen tak worfhip that was among the Jews centuries o hundreds Spenfer When with wood leaves and weeds I *ve firew' his grave And on it faid a century of pray'rs Such as I can, twice o'er, I'll weep and figh. Shak Chrift di Romulus, as you may read, did divide the Ro man adj. [from ceremony. What mockery will it be To want the bridegroom, when the prieft attend To fpeak the ceremonial rites of marriage Shak We are to carry it from the hand to the heart to improve a ceremonial nicety into a fubftantia duty, and the modes of civility into the realitie of religion South Shakefpeare The natur our joys, afte to have grow many ages, ye Shakefpeare ritual moft roya 1. A hundred: ufually employed to fpecify time ; as, the fecond centary wit Bacon 1. Relating to ceremony, or outward rite billeted in the entertainment, and to be on foot a CE'NTURY befmeare Let me not burft in ignorance, but tel Why canonized bones, hearfed in earth The centurions, and their charges, diftinétl an hour's warning were fhroude CEREMENT. . /. [from cera, Lat. wax. Cloths dipped in melted wax, wit which dead bodies were infolded whe they were embalmed comtnanded an hundred men Have an army ready, fay you ?- A me dicine made of wax, which, with oil, o fome fofter fubftance, makes a confif and this force may be very properly called attractive, in refpect of the central body; and centripe will bat have done the fame in jeft which Boilea did in earneft Cheyre The direction of the' force, whereby the planét It is quilted, as it were, out of fhreds of. diver poets, fuch as fcholars call a cento. Camden's Rem If any ma Ce'rare. 7. /. [cora, Lat. wax. CenTrIPE'TAL, ad)j. [from centrum an peto, Lat.] Having a tendency to th centre ; having gravity authors CAE 2. Full of ceremony ; awful O, the facrifice How ceremonious, folemn, and unearthl It was'i' th® offering Skakefpeare 3. Attentive to outward rites, or prefcriptive formalities You are too fenfelefs obftinate, my lord Too ceremonious and traditional Sr.')a,‘cq/,bmrf 4. Civil; according to the ftri& rules o civility 5 formally refpeétful Oo ey |