Defn: An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.
CINQUE-PACE
Cinque"-pace`, n. Etym: [Cinque + pace.]
Defn: A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] Nares. Shak.
CINQUE PORTS
Cinque" Ports`. Etym: [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; — viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.
CINQUE-SPOTTED
Cinque"-spot`ted, a.
Defn: Five-spotted. [R.] Shak.
CINTER
Cin"ter, n. Etym: [F. cintre.] (Arch.)
Defn: See Center.
CINURA
Ci*nu"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)