Defn: A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
CINCHONIZE
Cin"cho*nize, v. t.
Defn: To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.
CINCINNATI EPOCH
Cin`cin*na"ti ep"och. (Geol.)
Defn: An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.
CINCINNUS Cin*cin"nus, n.; pl. -ni (#). [Also cicinus, cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
Defn: A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; — called also scorpioid cyme. —Cin*cin"nal (#), a.
CINCTURE
Cinc"ture, n. Etym: [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.]
1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, — as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.