‖n. & a. [ It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500. ] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See Foil. ] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cinque + pace. ] A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [ Obs. ] Nares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Cinque + port. ] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. [ 1913 Webster ]
Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties, Syn.five-finger
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