cit (sit)

[Abbr. of citizen.] A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; especially, a cockney of London: used in disparagement. [Colloq.] The cits of London and the boors of Middle sex. Johnson, Thoughts on the late Trans. in Falkland Islands. Paulo is a citizen, and Avaro a cit . Steele , Tatler, No. 25. citable (sī'ta-bl), a . [ cite + -able ; = F. Sp. citable .] Capable of being cited or quoted. citadel (sit'a-del), n . [= D. citadel = G. cit a delle = Dan. citadel , citadelle , citta dell a Sp. ciudadela = Pg. cidadella , tatella , also cittadella (after Rom.), a citadel, orig. a small town, dim. of L. civita(t-)s, > It. cittade, cittate, now città , = Sp. ciudad , etc., a city: see city.] 1. A fortre or castle in or near a city, intended to keep the inhabitants in subjection, or, in case of a siege, to form a final refuge and point of defense: frequently used figuratively. All our moralities are but our outworks, our Christianity is our citadel . Donne, Letters, lxix. I go one step further, and reach the very citadel of controversy. Channing , Perfect Life, p. 278. The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal Troas and Ilion's column'd citadel , The crown of Troas. 2. Any strongly fortified post. Tennyson, Enone. By force of stranger soldiers in citadels, the nests of tyranny and murderers of liberty. Sir P. Sidney. They [the North men in England] pitched their palisades and threw up their moated citadels . G. T. Clark, Military Architecture, I. ii. =Syn. 1. See fortification . IMG:content-0487.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0488.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0489.png:[blocks in formation] cite t (sit'es), n. woman: feminine of cit . [Rare.] Cits and cite es raise a joyful strain, 'Tis a good omen to begin a reign. citoyenne in use during the French revolution- ary period. Pick ering . cithara (sith'a-ra), n . [As applied to mod. instruments usually in the form cither or (by confusion with gittern ) cithern, cittern , q. v.; = F. cithare = Pr. cidra = Sp. citara = Pg. cithara cetra (also with variant term., OSp. citola = = It. citer a , cetera , formerly also citara , cetara , Pr. citola = OF. citole (> MHG. zitōle , zitől = ME. citole: see citole); ML. citola) = AS. cytere = OHG. cithara, cythara, cythera, zitera , MHG. zitter , G. zitter (G. also, accom. to the L., cithar, cither, zither) cither = Sw. cittra , a cithara, guitar, etc.; manners of a cit or citizen. [Rare.] Although no bred courtling, yet. transformed from his original citycism . ing to a city; having the peculiarities of a city. Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 166. [Rare.] -2. Occupied by a city or cities; covered with cities: as, the citied earth," Keats . citified (sit'i-fid), a . Having the manners, dre , etc., of city life. [Colloq.] Citigrada (sit-i-grad a), n. pl . [NL., neut. pl. of cit i gradus : see citigrade .] A group of vag a- bond spiders with two pulmonary sacs, com- prising forms which run swiftly, as the Lyco- sidæ, etc.: opposed to the Salt i grad a , or those which leap. citigrade (sit'i-grad), a . and n. [F. citigrade , cit i gradus , cit us , swift (prop. pp. of The word, as derived through the L., shows in E. five forms, cithara , cither , cithern, cittern , ci- tole (as well as zither , from the G.); as derived through the Ar. and Sp. it shows two other forms, gittern and guitar : see these words.] 1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of the lyre cla . See lyre .-2. [ cap .] [NL.] In zoöl., a genus of proso branchiate gastropodous mollusks. 4. Specifically, in law , a reference to decided cases, or to statutes, treatises, or other author i- Citharexylum (sith-a-rek'si-lum), n. [NL., κιθάρα , & lyre, + ξύλον , wood.] A genus of IMG:content-0490.png:[blocks in formation] refer to in support, proof, or confirmation: as, to cite an authority or a precedent in proof of a point in law.. The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. Shak., M. of V., i. 3. Multitudes of incarnations can be cited , from the various pagan mythologies. IMG:content-0491.png:[blocks in formation] I must desire the citer henceforth to inform us of his editions too. Bp . Atterbury . citer-treet (sit'er-trē), n. Same as citron-tree. Eke Citurtree this moone in places colde Is for to graffe, as is beforne ytolde. ceæ. There are about 20 species, natives of tropical and subtropical America. The wood is very hard and tough. See fiddlewood . Also Citharexylon . Citharinina (sith"a-ri-ni'nä), n . pl . [NL., thar in us + -ina2 .]" In Günther's cla ification of fishes, a group of Characinidæ with an adi- dorsal fin. pose fin, imperfect dentition, and a rather long Citharinus (sith-a-ri'nus), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 1817), Citharus + -in us .] An African genus of characinoid fishes, giving name to the Citha- IMG:content-0492.png:[blocks in formation] citharistic (sith-a-ris'tik), a. [= F. citharis- tique = Sp. citaristico , citharist and -ic.] Pertaining to the cithara, or to other stringed instruments on the fingers or with a plectrum. Also kitharistic . It is true that the ancients also had an instrumental music separate from poetry; but while this in modern times has been coming more and more to be the crown of musical art, it was confined in antiquity to the kitharistic and auletic nomes. J. Hadley, E ays, p. 90. Citharust (sith'a-rus), n. [NL., cithara .] A genus of fishes. cither (sith'èr), n. [=G. cither , zither, zitter = Dan. cither , etc., cithara : see cithara , and cf. cithern.] Same as cithern . cithern, cittern (sith'-, sit'ern), n. [Early mod. E. citherne, citterne, cyterne, cither on, citron , etc.; same as cither , with form accom. in part to that of gittern , gitterne , giterne : see cither , and also gittern , which is ult. of the same origin, namely, cithara : see cith- ara.] A musical instrument having metal strings which are played with a plectrum. In medieval times it was a kind of lute or guitar, having 8 strings strung over a neck and a body, and held vertically. In modern times it is a four-sided harp, having between 30 and 40 strings, and laid horizontally upon a table. The melody is played upon strings the length of which may be varied by stopping on a fret-board; the accompaniment is played on open strings. Also cither, zither. Kensington Museum, London. Others who more delighted to write songs or ballads of pleasure, to be sung with the voice, and to the harpe, lute, or cither on & such other mus i cal instruments; they were called melodious Poets [melic i], or by a more common name Li- rique Poets. Putten ham , Art of Eng. Poesie, p. 20. She held a little cithern by the strings, Shaped heart wise, strung with subtle-coloured hair. Swinburne , Ballad of Life. citheront, n. Same as cithern. citicismt (sit'i-sizm), n. [Also citycism ; witticism .] IMG:content-0493.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Any inhabitant of a city or town, as opposed to an inhabitant of a rural district; a towns- man.-3. In a restricted sense, a person en- gaged in trade, as opposed to a person of birth and breeding. Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens ; 'Tis just the fashion wherefore do you look Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there? citizen All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. Const. of U. S., 14th Amendment. 5. A private person, as opposed to a civil off i cial or a soldier: as, a police officer in citizen's dre .- Natural-born citizen, one who is a member of a state or nation by virtue of birth. Whether it is neces sary to this that the father should be a citizen is disputed; those jurists who follow the doctrine of national character prevailing in continental Europe hold that it is; American jurists generally hold that it is not. The English courts, while holding that a child born within the allegiance and jurisdiction is a natural-born British subject irrespective of alien parentage, held also, after much conflict of opinion, and in disregard of abstract consistency, that a child born in a foreign country of British parents was also a natural-born British subject. The American rule is that a child born and remaining within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States is a citizen, and within its allegiance and protection, irrespective of the birth or nationality of its parents. - Naturalized citizen, one of foreign birth who has become a citizen by adoption or naturalization, as distinguished from a native-born or natural born citizen. 1019 C6H807, an acid contained in many fruits, but in the largest quantity in limes and lemons, lemon-juice yielding from 6 to 7 per cent. It is colorle , inodorous, and extremely sharp in its taste, and crystallizes in rhombic prisms, readily soluble in water. It is used as a discharge in calico-printing, and as a substitute for lemon in making saline draughts. citril (sit'ril), n. [Appar. a corruption of cit rine or citron; cf. citrul, and the specific name citrin ell a: see citrine, citron.] A common fringilline bird of southern Europe, also called citril -finch, Fringilla or Chrysomitris citrin ell a: so called from the color of its breast. citril-finch (sit'ril-finch), n. Same as citril. city