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cistula|ˈsɪstjʊlə|
[a. L. cistula dim. of cista box, basket.]
†1. gen. A little cist. Obs.
1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 61 The Eggs of some Fish, which produces or breeds them in a little Cistula or Bag.
2. in Catoptrics (see quot.).
1751Chambers Cycl., Catoptric Cistula, a machine, or apparatus, whereby little bodies are represented extremely large; and near ones extremely wide..by means of mirrours, disposed..in the concavity of a kind of chest.
3. Bot. The small cup-shaped conceptacle of certain lichens. (Syd. Soc. Lex.) |