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Cyphonism

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culeusnoun(historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.
scytalenoun(historical) A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography by the ancient Spartans.
cynocephalynoun(mythology) The state of a human having the head of a dog.
cyboriumnounObsolete spelling of ciborium. [(architecture) A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.]
cypriannoun(Christianity) Saint Cyprian, a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage, theologian, martyr, and saint
ectypusnounalternative form of ectype [An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.]
poena culleinounA form of execution in Ancient Rome consisting of being sewn up in a sack, sometimes with live animals, and then being thrown into water.
critomancynounMisspelling of crithomancy. [Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.]
combnounA toothed implement:
cyclornnoun(obsolete) A bicycle horn.
cysernounA kind of mead made with apples.
cymblingnounAlternative form of cymling. [A pattypan squash.]
canephornounAlternative form of canephora. [(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.]
caconymynounThe use of a caconym.
creophagynounAlternative spelling of kreophagy. [Flesh-eating; meat-eating.]
skytalenounAlternative form of scytale. [(historical) A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography by the ancient Spartans.]
corbiculumnounSynonym of corbicula (“bee's pollen-basket”).
calypsisnounThe act of covering, concealing, hiding, or veiling.
canephorenounAlternative form of canephora. [(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.]
ciphernounA method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

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