CIGAR

n. Si2g-a3r'. Lat., cigarra, cigar a. Fr., cigare. Ger., Cigarre. It., Sp., cigarro. A small roll of dried leaves, ordinarily of tobacco-leaves, tapering at one end; used for smoking. [L, 120 (a, 21).] Aromatic c's. See CIGARETTES aromatiques. Arsenical c's. Lat., cigarrce arsenic a les. See PAPIER arsenical and CIGARETTES arsenic a les de Boudin. Balsamic c's. See CIGARETTE benzoicce and Golfiri's CIGARETS: balsamicce,. Medicated c's. Fr., cigares medicinaux. C's made of the leaves of one or more medicinal plants, with or without the addition of other medicaments in powder or solution. [A, 385.] Mercurial c's. Lat., cigarrce mercuriales. Ordinary tobacco c's deprived of their narcotic properties and steeped in a weak solution of corrosive sublimate, to which a little opium is generally added. [L, 120 (a, 21).] See also Dieffenbach's ZinnoberciQARREf!. Perfumed c's. Lat., cigarrce aromaticce. Syn.: scented c's. A preparation made (1) by moistening ordinary c's with a strong tincture of cascarilla, to which a little gum benzoin and storax is often added, and sometimes a small quantity of camphor, oil of cloves, or ca ia; (2) by soaking the tobacco of which the c's are to be made, or the c's themselves, for a short time in a very strong infusion of cascarilla, and then allowing them to dry by a very gentle heat; (3) by simply inserting very small shreds of cascarilla-bark between the leaves of the c's, or into small slits made for the purpose. They are said to intoxicate more quickly than unprepared c's of the same strength and quality. [L, 120 (a, 21).] Scented c's. See Perfumed c's. O, no; O, not; O, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 277]