certosa (chertosa)

[It.; cf. Car thus i an.] A monastery of Car thus i an monks, especially in Italy. The most celebrated is the great establishment near Pavia in Lombardy, founded by Gian Galeazzo Vis conti, first duke of Milan, in 1396, the decorations of which are of extraordinary architectural richne . certosina-work (cher-to-se'nä-wėrk), n. [ dark wood. Compare tarsia. See certie . certy, n. cerulet, a. [L. cærulus , dark-blue: see cerule- ous.] Cerulean. Also spelled cærule . Then gan the shepheard gather into one His stragling Goates, and drave them to a foord, Whose cærule streame, rombling in Pible stone, Crept under mo e as greene as any goord. That silently adown the Glides with swift sails. Spenser, Virgils Gnat. The bark, cerule stream J. Dyer, The Fleece, ii. cerulean (se-röʻle-an), a. [L. cærule us (see ceruleous ) + -an.] Sky-colored; clear light blue; blue. Also spelled cærule an . It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Cowper , Truth, 1. 26. Blue-blue as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant, Fringed Gentian. Cerulean blue. See blue. - Cerulean warbler, Den dræca cærule a, a small insectivorous migratory bird of North America, 41 inches long, belonging to the family Sylvicolidæ or Mniotiltide, of an azure-blue color varied with black and white. cerule a ted (se-röʻle-a-ted), a. [L. cærule us (see ceruleous ) + -ate2 + -ed2.] Painted blue. Also spelled cæruleated . [Rare.] cerulein (sẽ-rö le-in), n. [L. cærule us (see ceruleous ) +-in2.] 1. Same as azulene .-2. A coal-tar color used in dyeing, prepared by treat- ing gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It is mostly used in dyeing or printing cotton fabrics, although applicable to wool and silk. It produces fast olive-green cerule oust (sē-rö'lē-us), a . [L. cærule us, poet. also cærulus , dark-blue, dark-green, dark- colored; perhaps for * cælulus , cælum , the sky: see ceil , celest .) Cerulean. Also spelled caru- leo us . Certified check, a check which has been recognized by a competent officer of a bank as a valid appropriation of the amount of money specified therein to the payee, and bearing the evidence of such recognition. - To certify a check, to acknowledge in writing upon it that the bank on which it is drawn has funds of the drawer sufficient to pay it. This is done by writing acro the face of the check the name of the officer deputed by the bank for that purpose, and the word "good," or any customary equivalent; when done by authority of the bank this has the same effect as the acceptance of a bill of exchange, binding the bank to pay the amount of the check, whether in funds of the drawer or not. II. in trans. To testify; declare the truth; make a certification or certificate. [Rare.] And the i seide that the i were with Julius Cezar, Emperour of Rome, and ledde to hym that sauage man that the i hadde founded in the foreste, for to certefie of a vision that was shewed hym slepinge. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 426. The trial by certificate is allowed in such cases where the evidence of the person certifying is the only proper criterion of the point in dispute. Black stone , Commentaries, III. xxii. 3. certiorari (sèrshi-ō-rā'rī), n. [ cert i or are , inform, lit. make more certain, cert us , certain: see certain .] In law , a writ i uing from a superior court to call up the record of a proceeding in an inferior court or before any body or officer exercising judicial power, that it may be tried or reviewed in the superior court. This writ is usually obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or that he cannot have an impartial trial in the inferior court or body. It is now to a great extent superseded by the appeal.