different between lincture vs cincture

English

Etymology

From Latin l?nct?rus

Noun

lincture (plural linctures)

1. A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Anagrams

• lecturin'

Latin

Participle

l?nct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of l?nct?rus

English

Etymology

From Latin cinctura. Cognate with Spanish cintura (“waist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k.??/
• Rhymes: -??kt??

Noun

cincture (plural cinctures)

1. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
2. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 161

     In one, dated eighteen years ago, he appeared, wearing only sandals and a cincture of vine leaves, between two classical garden statues.

3. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Translations

Verb

cincture (third-person singular simple present cinctures, present participle cincturing, simple past and past participle cinctured)

1. To encircle, or surround.
2. (viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).

Translations

Latin

Participle

c?nct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of c?nct?rus