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Ce"ci*ty (?), n. [L.
caecitas, fr. caecus blind: cf. F.
cécité.] Blindness. [R.] Sir
T. Browne.

Ce*cu"tien*cy (?), n. [L.
caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.]
Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Ce"dar (sē"d&etilde;r), n.
[AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros.]
(Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood
is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

&fist; The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the
white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called
Chamœcyparis sphæroidea; American red cedar is
the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian
Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood
are locally called cedar.

Cedar bird (Zoöl.), a
species of chatterer (Ampelis cedrorum), so named from its
frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cherry bird,
Canada robin, and American waxwing.

Ce"dar, a. Of or pertaining to
cedar.


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