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n. [ L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed. ] 1. The act of taking food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ciboule, LL. cepula, cepola, dim. of L. cepa, caepa, caepe, an onion. Cf. Chibbal, Cives. ] A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.: pl. Ciboria [ LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr. &unr_; a seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, a cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed vessel in shape. ] 1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Cicadas L. Cicadæ [ L. ] (Zool.) Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (Cicada septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
Syn. -- cicala. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the leafhoppers.
Syn. -- family Cicadellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a family of insects comprising the cicadas.
Syn. -- family Cicadidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., fr. L. cicada. ] A cicada. See Cicada. “At eve a dry cicala sung.” Tennison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. cicatrix. ] A cicatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]