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De - Pt| English Dictionary: cigar | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Manila \Ma*nil"a\, Manilla \Ma*nil"la\, a. Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city. {Manila cheroot} [or] {cigar}, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands. {Manila hemp}, a fibrous material obtained from the {Musa textilis}, a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the native name {abaca}. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made. {Manila paper}, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cigar \Ci*gar"\, n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. {Cigar fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Decapterus punctatus}), allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. | |
