CIGAR
\sɪɡˈɑː], \sɪɡˈɑː], \s_ɪ_ɡ_ˈɑː]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Cigare. A small tubular roll of tobacco, used for smoking. Cigares Medicinaux, are made of dried plants, with, or without, the addition of medicinal articles. When rolled in paper, they form cigarettes, which may be used with or without combustion, as in the case of the Cigarettes de Camphre. The Cigarettes arsenicales de Boudin are made of paper impregnated with an aqueous solution of arsenious acid, or of arseniate of soda, and dried.
By Robley Dunglison
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