| OCR Text |
Show ----- XLV e n el 8 Ci'rizew. m f [civis, Late citoyer, Fr.] | Ci'ver. o [ [civerre, Fr. xibotta, Arabic 1. A freeman of a city not a flave fignifying feent. civet-cat not a foreigner All inhabitants within thefe walls are not.properly citizens, but only fuch as are called freecmen The civet, or civet cat, is a little animal no unlike our cat. It is a native of the Indjes, Peru Biafil, Guinea. The perfumeis formed like akin not of greafe, in a bag underits tail, between the anu and pudendum. = It is gathered from time to time When he fpeaks not like a citizen Shakefpeare You find him like a foldier and abounds in proportion as the animal is fed Trevoux Ciwet is of a bafer birth than tar; the very unShakefpeare cleanly flux of a cat Raleigh's Hiftory 2. A townfman ; a ma gentleman of trade 3. An inhabitant ; adweller in any place /Far from noify Rome fecure he lives Dryden And one more citizen to Sibyl gives Co'r1zEN. adj. [This is only in Shate-fpeare.] Having the qualities of a citizen ; as cowardice, meannefs So fick I am not, yet [ am not well But not {o citizen a wanton, a Shakefpeare Lat. Lemo To feem to die ere fick Cr'rriNE. adj. [citrinus coloured ; of a dark yellow The butterfly, papilio major, has its wing painted with citrize and black, both in long ftreak and {pots Grew By citrine urine of a thicker confiftence, the falt nefs of phlegm is known Some putrefactions and excrements do yield ex cellent odours CiTrON-TREE The piftil becomes an oblong, thick, flefh And the great father of his country owns CI'VIL. adj. [civilis, Latin. Miller old at Florence for two fhillings each May the fu With citron groves adotn a diftant foil God gave them laws of ciwi/ regimen, and woul not permit their commonweal to be governed b any other laws than his own Hooker Part fuch as appertai To ciwil juftice 5 part, religious rite Of facrifice Milton's Paradife Loft But there is another unity, which would b moft advantageous to our country; and that is your endeavour after a ciwi/, a political union in th whole nation Like citron-wvatersmatrons cheeksinflame. Pope Cr'rrur. n. /. The fame with pumpion, { named from its yellow colour CI'TY. n. /. [cité, French ;- civitas, Lat. 1. A large colletion of houfes and inhabitants Men feek fafety from number better united, an from walls and fortifications, the ufe whereof is t male the few a matc for the many this is th original of cities Temple City, in a ftrié& fenfe, means the houfes inclofe "within the walls: in a larger fenfe, it reaches to al the fuburbs Watts 2. [In the Englifh law.] A town corporate that hath a bifhop and a cathedral church Cowell 3. The inhabitants of a certain city, a diftinguifhed from other fubjeds ‘What is the city but the people ?- --True, the people are the city Shakefpeare I do fufpect I have done fome offence That feems difgracious in the city's eye Shakefp Ci'ry. adj 1. Relating to the city His enforcement of the city wives Shake[peare He, T accufe The city ports by this hath enter'd 2. Refemblin the manner Shakefpeare of the citi Zens Malke not a city feaft of it; to let the meat coo £1¢ we can agree upon the firft cwt Shakefpeare Spratt 2. Relating to any man as a member of community Break not your promife, unlefs it be unlawful o impoffible; either out of your natural, or out o your civil power Taylor 3. Not in anarchy; not wild ; not withou rule or government And ciwil life was by the mufes taught. Rofcommon 4. Not foreign; 1inteftine From a ciwil war God of his mercy defend us as that which is moft defperate of all others Bacon 2 Villiers 5 ddcountenanced nox difcouraged Bacon's Adwice to Villiers A depending kingdom is a term of art unknovi to all ancient' ¢iwilians, and writers upon government Savift Civirisa"rion.z /. [from civil.] Alaw aét of juftice, or judgment, which renders a criminal procefs civil ; which i performed by turning an informatio into an inqueft, or the contrary. Harris Civi‘viTy. n /. [from civil. barbarity 1. Freedom fro th Not ecclefiaftical ; as, the ecclefiaftica courts are controlled by the ciwil 6. Not natural; as, a perfon banithed o outlawed is faid to fuffer c;vi/, thoug not natural, death 7. Not military; as,'the c7vz/ magiftrate' authority is obftrutted by war flate o being civilized The Englith were at firft as ffiout and warlike people as ever the Irith; and yet are now brongh unto that ciwility, that no nation excelleth the in all goodly converfation, and all the ftudies o Spenfer knowledge and humanity Divers great monarchies have rifen from barbarifm to ciwility, and fallen again to ruin Dawies on Ireland ‘Wherefoe'er her conquering eagles fed Arts, learning, and ciwility were fpread Denbam's Pocms 2. Politenefs behaviour complaifance ; elegance o Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy diftrefs Or clfe a rude defpifer of good manners That in civility thou feem'tt fo empty Shakefp He, by his great ciwvility and affability, wrough very much upon the people Clarendon.I fhould be kept from a publication, did not what your ciwility calls a requeft, your greatnef command Sotith We, in point of ciwility, yield to others-in et ou own houfes Savift 3. Rule of decency ; prattice of politenefs Love taught him fhame and fhame with lov at ftrife Soon taught the fweet ciwilities of life For rudeft minds with harmony were caught Addifon CiTrON-WATER. 2. /. Aqua vite, diftille with the rind of citrons Pope 1. Relating to the community ; political relating to the city or government Genoa is the great nurfruit, very full of juice fery for thefe trees. = One fort, with "a pointe fruit, is in f{o great efteem, that the fingle fruits ar Bacon's Natural Hiftory Behind, Rome's genius waits with ciwick crowns It hath broad fiff leaves, like thofe of the laurel a rofe as fom tary With equal rays immortal Tully fhone n. /. [from citras, Lat. The flowers confift of many leaves, expanded lik and Ci'vick. adj. [civicus, Latin.] Relatin to civil honours or praétices; not mili Floyer on the Humours A fpecies of cryftal of an extremely pure, clear and fine texture, generally free from flaws and It is ever found in a long and f{lende blemifhes column, irregularly hexangular, and terminated b It is from one to four o an hexangular pyramid This ftone is very plentifu five inches in length Our jewellers have learned t in the Weft Indies call it citrine5 and cut ftones for rings out of it Hill on Faffils which are miftaken for topazes as ciwer and muik think, ambergreafe Cr'rrINE. #. /[ [from citrinus, Latin. A perfume from the The profeflors of that law, called cizifians, becaufe the civil law is their guide, fhould.not b 7] rydet Zo Ci'viL1zE. @. a. [from ciwil.] To reclaim from favagenefs and brutality; t "inftrut in the arts of regular life We fen To civiliz Mufzeu Mankind the graces and the mufes fort and to inftruét the North Wallee firft, then Orpheus, civiliz and give the world their deities Denbant Amongft thofe who are counted the civilize part of mankind, this original law of nature ftil takes place Locke Ofitis, or Bacchus the Indians an is reported to have ciwilize reigned amongft them fifty-tw years Arbuthzot 8. Not criminal ; as, this is a civ// procefs, Ci'viLizERr / [fro civilize. H tha not a criminal profecuation reclaims others from a wild and favag 9. Civilized; not barbarous England was very rude and barbarous ; for it i but even the other day fince England grew ciwif Spenfer on Irelznd 10. Complaifant; civilized; gentle ; wel bred; elegant of manners; not rude not brutal ; not coarfe I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back Uttering fuch dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude fea grew ciwil at her fong. Shake/p He was civil and well-natured, never refufing t teach another Diryden's Dufre/noy And fall thefe fayings from that gentle tongue Where ciwil fpeech and foft perfuafion hung? Prior 11. Grave ; fober; not gay or thewy Thus night oft fee me in thy pale career Till ciwil fuited morn appear Milton's Poems 12. Relatin to the ancient confular o imperial government as, civi/ law No woman had it, but a civi/ do&or Crvi‘Lian. # /. [ciwvilis, Lat. Sbakefp One tha profefles the knowledge of the old Ro man law, and of general equity life ; he that teache toms of civility the rules and cuf The ciwvilizers |-the difturbers fay The robbers, the corrupters of mankind Philips's Britorn Cr'virry. adwv. [from civil. I. In a manner relating to government or to the rights or charatter of 2 mem ber ofa community; not naturally Me commo that are civil lea their lives after on law; for that a multitude fhould, with out harmony, concur in the doing of one thin (for this is ciwilly to live), or fhould manage com munity of life, it is not poflible Hosker 2. Not criminally That accufation, which is publick, is eithe civilly commenced for the private fatisfaction o the party injured; or elfe criminally, that is, fo fome publick punithment Ayliffe 3. Politely; complaifantly; gently; without rudenefs ; without brutality I will deal ciwilly with his poems : nothing ill i t0 be fpoken of the dead. Dryden's Prefi to bis Fab Sf 1 wowl |
