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CINCTURE, or CF.INTURF., in arc!litc,'lure,

ring,

lin, or orlo 3t Ihe IOp

~nd

uOllomof lite

1I.~ft

c~lumn,

fep. r3Iinll lh .

nl~fr

at oae end from lhe

bal~,

~nd

allhc olher from tite capital. Sce I\RCHITEC'

TURE .

CINERARIA, in ornitoology. See MOTACILLA.

CINN.'\BAR, in nalural hinory, is eilher nalive or f.c–

lilious. The nalive cinoabar is an ore of C;uick.f¡h·cr,

moderatdy compall, very heovy, and of an

ek~. r.t.

II rialcd red colour. In this ore lhe

~uick.r.lver

blended in dilfereol proportions Wilh fulph ur. It is

fo rieh an ore, as 10 be no olher lhan melcury iot·

pregnatcd lI'i:h a fmall quanlily of fulpltur. jull enoush

!O reJoce il 10 lh. l n. le, bcinS comlltonly lItore IhJn

lix pam of mercory 10 one of fulrho r ; and eveo the

poore/! cinnauar yiclds ene half mercory: il is of a

. ery bdghl, glillering appearancc, when frdlt uro!:en,

and

is ofually foond lodg.d in J

hlui.Il

" indurated clay,

Iltough fom etimes in 3 gr<enin, laley Ilonc.

For lhe melood of fepar;u iog mercury froOl cinna–

bar, feeMERcuRv.

FafliliouJ

Ct NNA BAR, a mixlure of mercur" and fuI·

poor foblimed, aod thus reduced inlo a fine'red gl be.

The ben is of a high coloo r, and full of 6bres, like

atedies.

The receipt for making il, according

lhe lale

college.difpeofalory, is as follows. Take of porified

quick-filver, lwenly.five oonces; of fulphur, feven

nunces; Olelt lhe fulphor, and nir lhe quick.filver in-

10 il while fluid; if il lake fire, lel il be immediately

eXlinsoifhed, by covering il Wilh another velfel.

When cold, ler il be rubbed into a fine pOlVder. Let

this pOlVder be pOI inlo a fobli;ning velfcl, and Cerring

il over a gentle fire, raife it by degrees lill lhe whole

is foblimed into a red, Ilriated, heavy ntafs, which

perfellly refemhles nalive cinoabar. This, as well

as lhe nalive cinnabar, is excellent in epileplies, aod

in alJ compl.inls of the head and nerves. BUI the

fall itioos is ralher 10 be preferred, as il dOlh nOI ex–

cile naufeas, .omiliogs, and olher diforders which a–

rife froOl vilriolic aod perhaps arfenical particles

blended by nalore among fome of lhe malfes of lhe

n3live mineral.

Cinnabar is likewife ufed by painlen as a coloor,

and is reodered O1ore beaotifol, by grinding il with

gum·water and a lillle falfron.

ClNNAMON·TREE, in

bOI~ny.

See LA URU S.

C, NN AMOl<' WATÚ is made by dillilling the bark fi rll

infllfed in fpiril of wine, branuy, oc white·wine.

C/ove-CtNNHtON i, lh.<bark of

¡t

lree growing in Bra–

zil, ",hicb is often fobnilUICd for

re~1

clol'lS.

While

CtNNAMON . CJllcu alfo \Vinler's bark, i! lhe

bark of aIree frequelll in rhe illands of SI Domingo,

Guadalupe,

&•.

of a nmp biling talle like pepper.

S.ome ofe il innead of nutmeg; ano in medicine il is

tlleemed a flomachic and anti/corbutie.

CINOLOA, or CtNALOA, the capil.1of the prol'inee

of Cinaloa, in North Ameriea, about thirty nllJes ealt

of lhe bay of California: W. 101lg.

11 3

and N..Ial.

25'·

See CINALOA.

CINQ!.JEFOIL,

9l1ill7uifolium,

in bOlany. S'ce Po–

T EtoT ILLA .

CINQ.UE

PORTS, an appellation given 10 five POrt–

tOlVns,

(¡to~led

oh lhe co.1I of Kenl and Solfex, over–

againn Franee. and faruous in F-nglifh hillory.

The cinqlle portS are Haflings, Dover, Hithe,

Rnotney, ami Sandwich; which have had large pri–

,·i k~es

glanted lhem, on aeeount of lheir former greal

impon.lllce, being lhen nOI only lhe keys of lhe king–

dOlO, b111 eonfiJerable for lheir maritime Ilrenglh:

thus, IVe are lold,

lh~l

lbey were obliged to provide

eighlY O,ips al lheir olVn charge for fOl"ly days. as of–

ten as the king fhould have occafion in his "'ars.

CI N~.l'E'PORT

is alfo a

p~rlicular

kind of fillting·net

much ufed in Ifanding waler, fo called on aeeOonl of

lhe live enlrances inlo ir.

Cl~TRA,

a cape antl mOllntainof Porlllgal, in lhe pro–

vtnCe of Enre01.ldora, oflla lly called the rock of Lif.

bon, (¡tuated on lhe north fide uf ,he enlran.:e of the

river

T~gus:

long. tOOt

5',

N. lal.

390.

CINYRA, or CtNNOR, in JewiO, antiqui,y,

genml~

lranllated cithara, Iyra,

&c.

a Olo(¡cal inllrument ufed

befole the flood, and invented by Jubah lhe fon of

Lamech .

CION, or CVON, among gardeners, denoles a )'oong

fprig. or fpr011l of a tree.

CIPHER, or CVPHER, one of lhe Arabic charaélers, or

(¡gores, ofed in computalion, forOled thus, o. Se.

ARtTHMET tC.

CIP IfER is alfo a kind of enigmalic charaéler, compofed

of feveral lem rs inlerwol'en. which are generolly lhe

initial Iwm of the perfons names for whom lhe ci–

phe" are 'ntenJed.

denotes likelVife cenain fecret charallers dif–

¡¡oifed and varied, ufed in writing leuers lhal contain

fome fecrel, nOI lo be underllood bot by thofe be–

tlVeeo whom the cijlher is agreed on.

CIPPUS, in anliqoity, a low colomn, Wilh an infcrip–

lion, ereéled on lhe high roads, or olher places,

fhew the way tO

tra~e1lers,

10 ferve as a bounduy,

mark lhe grave of a deceafed perfon,

&•.

CIRCiEA, or ENCHANTERS NtGHTSHAOE, in bota–

ny, a genus of the diandria.monogynia cI. fs. The co–

rolla eon(¡lIs

IWO perals; lhe corolla has likelVifc

two Irav.s; and the capfule contains bUI one fced.

The fpedes ate lhree. IlVO of which are natives of

Dritain,

viz.

the 10liliana, or enchalllers,"ightO,ade;

aod lhe alJlina, or mount,in enchanters.nightO,ade.

CI RCASS IA, a eounlry (¡toated between

40°

ano

50·

l! .

long. and bClween

4)0

and

¡0°

lal.

is bOllllded uy RuJfia on the Inorlh, by Aflracrn

~rTd

lhe Cafpian.fea on ttie eall, by Georsia and Da–

¡,tefl an on lhe f011lh, and

lhc

ri.er

Don and lhe

Palns leotis on thc \Vell.

The Circallian Tartars form a kind of republie. bot

IilO,etilOes put themfdves onJer lhe proteélion of Per–

(¡a. and fomClimes of Rullia, or the T l1rks. 11,ey

livc mollly in lenlS, rCOloving [rom place 10 place fo'r

lhe benefil of panl1r.lge; and are chie/ly rem.rkable

for the bcauly of rheir children,

lhe'f~raslios

of Turky

and