Vocabulary : Cittern to Civil Service Commission

Cittern : An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
Cittern-head : Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.
City : A large town. ;; A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. ;; The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. ;; Of or pertaining to a city.
Cive : Same as Chive.
Civet : A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume. ;; The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species. ;; To scent or perfume with civet.

Civic : Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.
Civicism : The principle of civil government.
Civics : The science of civil government.
Civil : Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. ;; Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. ;; Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. ;; Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. ;; Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. ;; Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
Civil Service Commission : In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).