Cinque

singk, n. the number five as on dice.— ns. Cinque′-cen′to (It., 'five hundred'), a phrase sometimes applied, in treating of architecture and art, to the Renai ance period, which began about 1500; Cinque′-foil ( her. ), a common bearing representing a flower with five petals borne full-faced and without a stalk: ( bot. ) species of plants of the genus Potentilla : the five-bladed clover; Cinque′-pace ( Shak. ), a kind of dance, the pace or movement of which is characterised by five beats.— n.pl. Cinque′-ports , the five ancient ports on the south of England lying opposite to France—Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney, and Hastings.— adj. Cinque′-spot′ted ( Shak. ), having five spots. [Fr.]