cen central noun центральный

* The replies this theory gives to historical questions are like the replies of a man who, watching the movements of a herd of cattle and paying no attention to the varying quality of the pasturage in different parts of the field, or to the driving of the herdsman, should attribute the direction the herd takes to what animal happens to be at its head. (L.T.)

** МЕСЯЧИНА - в России XVIII - первой половины XIX в. шестидневная барщина крепостных, лишенных наделов, за месячный продовольственный паек; форма зависимости, близкая к рабству.