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Celt`i*be"ri*an (?), a. [L.
Celtiber, Celtibericus.] Of or pertaining to
the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the
Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of
the river Iberus). -- n. An
inhabitant of Celtiberia.

Celt"ic (s&ebreve;lt"&ibreve;k), a.
[L. Celticus, Gr. Keltiko`s. See Celt.]
Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people,
tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also
Keltic.]

Celt"ic, n. The language of
the Celts.

&fist; The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the
Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate
dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.

Celt"i*cism (s&ebreve;l"t&ibreve;*s&ibreve;z'm),
n. A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of
their language. Warton.

Celt"i*cize` (?), v. t. To
render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

||Cem"ba*lo (?), n. [It. See
Cymbal.] An old name for the harpsichord.

Ce*ment" (s&ebreve;*m&ebreve;nt" or
s&ebreve;m"&ebreve;nt), n.


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