cinder bed (sinderbed)

A quarrymen's name for a stratum of the upper Purbeck series, almost wholly composed of oyster-shells, and named from its loose structure. It is a marine bed lying among fresh-water deposits. cinder-cone (sin'dėr-kōn), n. A formation resulting from the deposition of succe ive eruptions of fine material, ash, lapilli, and scoriæ, from a volcano. cinder-fall (sin'der-fâl), n. The dam over which the slag from the cinder-notch of a furnace flows. cinder-frame (sin'dėr-frām), n. In locomotive engines, a frame of wirework placed before the tubes to arrest the ascent of large pieces of burning coke. IMG:content-0425.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0426.png:[blocks in formation] The latex [of Euphorbia phosphore a ] exhibits movements which have given origin to the name cinenchyma applied to laticiferous ti ue by some authors. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 87. cinenchymatous (sin-eng-kim'a-tus), a. [ cinenchyma (t-) +-ous.] Pertaining to or composed of cinenchyma; containing latex or elaborated sap; laticiferous. cine race ous (sin-e-ra's hi us), a. [L. cinera ceus , ashy, cinis ( ciner- ), ashes (esp. common in reference to the ashes of a corpse that has been burned), = Gr. κόνις , dust, ashes; cf. Skt. kana (lingual n), a small grain, as of dust or rice. Cf. cinder .] Of ashes; ashy; cinereous. Cineraria (sin-e-ra'ri-ä), n . [NL. (so called from the soft white down which covers the surface of the leaves), cinerarius , pertaining to ashes: see cinerary.] 1. A of plants, natural order Compos itæ , consisting of herbs Cineraria of the Gardens (Senecio cruentus). cingle or small shrubs, with small heads of yellow flowers. They are chiefly found in South Africa. Several species formerly included in this genus have been transferred to other genera. 2. [l. c.] A name given by florists to plants of the genus Senecio, derived by cultivation from S. cruentus (formerly Cineraria cruenta ), a native of Teneriffe in the Canary islands. They have white or purple flowers. See cut in preceding column. cinerarium (sin-e-ra'ri-um), n.; pl. cineraria (-). [L.: see cinerary.] In archæol., a niche in the wall of a tomb designed to receive a cinerary urn; hence, any niche in the wall of a tomb, even when large enough to receive a sarcophagus. Ancient tombs were often provided with cineraria in three or even all of their side walls. IMG:content-0427.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small] (From a columbarium barium near Rome.)