ceylanite (selanit)

[F., = E. ceylonite.] See ceylonite. Ceylonese (sē-lon-ēs or -ēz'), a. and n. [ II. n. sing . and pl . An inhabitant or inhabitants of Ceylon; specifically, a member or members of the principal native race of Ceylon. See Singhalese. Also Cingalese , Singhalese , and Sinhalese . ceylonite (se-lon'it), n. [ Ceylon + -ite2 .] A dark-colored ferruginous variety of spinel from Ceylon. Also candite , ceylanite , zeylanite . Ceylon mo , stone, etc. See the nouns. Ceyx (sē'iks), n. [NL., κήϋξ , also καύηξ , καναξ, κήξ , a sea-bird, perhaps the tern or gannet. Cf. Cecomorphe.] In ornith ., a genus of Ceyx melanura. kingfishers, of the family Alcedinide and subfamily Daceloninæ, characterized by having only three developed toes. The type is C. tridactyl a. There are several species in India and the East Indies. cf. [Contr. of L. confer, impv. of conferre, compare, collate: see confer, collate.] A contraction of the Latin confer, compare. C. G. An abbreviation (a) of commi ary-gen eral, and (b) of consul - general. c. g. s. The usual abbreviation of centimeter gram- second (which see, under centimeter ): as, the c. g. s. system of physical units. ch. [(1) (or later tch ) medial (see above), KOF.ch (pron. as mod. E. ch, i. e., tsh, but in mod. simply sh: see below), simple character. In Spanish it is denoted by ch as in English, but the symbol is regarded and named ( che, pronounced chā) as a single character in separate alphabetical place. Ch = tsh is the surd correlate of j = dzh. (See j. ) The digraph occurs -(1) words of Anglo-Saxon ori gin, being in such words usually initial, as in child, choose, chack chest, etc., but sometimes final, as in each, such, which, but then usually in the combination tch (see tch ); (2) in words of old French origin, as in chair, change, chase, chamber, etc.; (3) in words of modern French origin, in which it has the modern French sound, sh, as in chaise, champagne, and in some of older French origin, with original ch -sound, a imilated to modern sh, as in champaign, chivalry, etc.; (4) in words of Greek origin, representing the Greek x, as in chorus, chyle, etc., being in older words of this origin often a modern substitution for Middle English, Old French, Middle Latin, etc., cork, as in Christian, chameleon, chamo mile, alchemy, chirurgeon, etc.; (5) in Scotch words, as loch, in which the ch is a guttural spirant or fricative uttered through the narrowed throat, like the German ch in doch, ach, etc.; in words of Sanskrit, Hindu stan i, etc., origin, in which ch has the same sound as in English. So in words of Spanish and Portuguese origin, as chinch, chinchilla, and in Ru ian and other Slavic words, in which the spelling tch, tsh, or (as in German) tsch is often em See a ibilation . loved bildhe single original Ru ian or Slavic character. ch. An abbreviation (a) of chapter, and ( b ) of church. C. H. An abbreviation ( a ) of court -house, very common in the southern United States, and as far north as southern Pennsylvania, as a part of town-names: as, Spottsylvania C. H.; and ( b ) of custom - house.