Definition of Cecils

1. fried meatballs [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cecils

cebines
cebocephaly
cebochoerid
cebochoerids
ceboid
ceboids
cebollite
cebus
ceca
cecal
cecal appendage
cecally
cechite
cecidia
cecidium
cecils (current term)
cecities
cecitis
cecitises
cecity
cecostomies
cecostomy
cecotrope
cecotropes
cecotrophy
cecoureterocele
cecoureteroceles
cecropia
cecropia moth
cecropias

Literary usage of Cecils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Governing Families of England by John Langton Sanford, Meredith White Townsend (1865)
"cecils. .HE cecils have a great ancestor, but no pedigree. A parasite of the founder, the crafty resolute patriot who built Elizabeth's throne, ..."

2. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1880)
"It was a temporary alliance with the cecils which gained him this promotion ... The quarrel, rather to the surprise of the cecils, the -D^0J-I^ was again ..."

3. The Inns of Court and Chancery by William John Loftie (1893)
"... Hall— Attacks of 'Restoration'—Chaplains and Preachers—The Arms—The Masque of Flowers—Eminent Members— The cecils—The Bacons—The Gardens. ..."

4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To dress the same, called cecils. Mince any kind of meat, crums of bread, a good deal of onion, some anchovies, lemon-peel, salt, nutmeg, chopped parsley, ..."

5. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"cecils with Tomato Sauce. 1 cup cold roast beef or rare Onion juice. steak finely chopped. Worcestershire. Sauce. Salt. ..."

6. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"To dress the same, called cecils. Mince any kind of meat, crumbs of bread, a good deal of onion, some anchovies, lemon-peel, salt, nutmeg, chopped parsley, ..."

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