Definition of cent

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Cent (n.) An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game..

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Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..
Princely :: Princely (a.) Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune..
Stibious :: Stibine (n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen..
Dielytra :: Dielytra (n.) See Dicentra.
Pseudo-monocotyledonous :: Pseudo-monocotyledonous (a.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut..
Epergne :: Epergne (n.) A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design..
Centrifugence :: Centrifugence (n.) The property or quality of being centrifugal.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity..
Gramme :: Gramme (n.) The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4..
Quick-scented :: Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.
Pleurocentrum :: Pleurocentrum (n.) One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Umbilication :: Umbilication (n.) A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume..
Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.
Centuriator :: Centuriator (n.) Alt. of Centuris.
Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Centesimo :: Centesimo (n.) A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.
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