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Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.
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A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar.
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An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
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A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
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Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine.
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A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
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A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
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A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor.
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A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.
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The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
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A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.
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A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
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A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
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A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
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Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
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Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.
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A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
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A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
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A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
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To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
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