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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Cēs'sion, n.p. 213The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse; compliance. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. “A cession of the island…
  2. Cĕs'sion-a-ry, a.p. 213Having surrendered effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin.
  3. Cĕss'ment, n.p. 213An assessment or tax. [Obs.]
  4. Cēs'sor, n.p. 213(Law.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See CESSAVIT. Cowell. 2. An assessor, or taxer. [Obs.]…
  5. Cēss'-pōōl, n.p. 213A cavity sunk in the earth, to receive and retain the sediment of water conveyed in drains. [Written also sess-pool.]
  6. Cēst, n.p. 213A lady's girdle; a cestus. [Rare.] Collins.
  7. Cēs'toid, a.p. 213(Zoöl.) Pertaining to a tribe of intestinal worms, called Cestoids, or Cestoideans. Carpenter.
  8. Cēs'toid or Cēs-toid'e-an, n.p. 213(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of intestinal worms, of a long, slender, and flattened form, like the tape-worm. Carpenter.
  9. Cēs'tus, n.p. 213(Antiq.) (a.) A girdle; particularly the girdle of Venus, on which was represented every thing that could awaken love. (b.) A marriage girdle, given by the newly-married wife to her husband. (c.) A…
  10. Cēs'tuy que trūstp. 213(Law.) A person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. Wharton.
  11. Cēs'tuy que ūsep. 213(Law.) A person for whose use land, &c., is granted to another. Bouvier.
  12. Ce-sū'ra, n.p. 213See CÆSURA.
  13. Cē-tā'ce-ā, n. pl.p. 213(Zoöl.) An order of vertebrated mammiferous marine animals, including the whale kind. There are four groups or families; the Balæna family, having an arrangement of whalebone in the mouth, and no…
  14. Ce-tā'cean, n.p. 213(Zoöl.) An animal of the order Cetacea.
  15. Ce-tā'ceoŭs, a.p. 213Pertaining to the Cetacea; belonging to the whale kind.
  16. Cēt'e-rāch, n.p. 213(Bot.) A genus of cryptogams or ferns, formerly used by Arabian physicians for disorders of the spleen. London.
  17. Cē'tine, n.p. 213(Chem.) The pure, solid, crystalline mass of spermaceti. It occurs in beautiful silvery scales. Gregory.
  18. Cēt'o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 213Pertaining to cetology.
  19. Cē-tŏl'ō-gĭst, n.p. 213One who is versed in cetology.
  20. Ce-tōl'o-gy, n.p. 213The doctrine or natural history of cetaceous animals.
  21. Cēt'ra-rīne, n.p. 213(Chem.) The bitter principle of the lichen Cetraria Icelandica, or Iceland-moss. Gregory.
  22. Cĕt'yle, n.p. 214(Chem.) A radical found in spermaceti, homologous with ethyle. Gregory.
  23. Cey'lan-ite, n.p. 214(Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. Dana.
  24. Cēy'lon-ēse', a.p. 214(Geog.) Pertaining to Ceylon.
  25. Cēy'lon-ēse', n.p. 214A native or inhabitant of Ceylon.
  26. Chāb'a-sīte, n.p. 214[Gr. χαβαζίος, one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Περὶ λίθων, ascribed to Orpheus. (Min.) A mineral occurring in glassy rhombohedral crystals having nearly the form of a cube, and…
  27. Chăb-lĭs', n.p. 214A white wine made in France near the town of Chablis.
  28. Chāçe, n. & v.p. 214See CHASE.
  29. Chăck, v. i.p. 214(Man.) To toss up the head suddenly and frequently, as a horse to avoid the subjection of the bridle.
  30. Cha-cōne', n.p. 214
  31. Cha-cōnne'p. 214A slow air in triple time on a ground bass, somewhat resembling the saraband; a dance borrowed from the Arabians.
  32. Chād, n.p. 214(Ichth.) A kind of fish; the shad. See SHAD. Carew.
  33. Chæ'to-don, n.p. 214(Ichth.) A genus of fishes belonging to the family Squamipennes, or scaly finned fish, and characterized by a rhomboidal body and brilliant colors. Baird.
  34. Chāfe, v. t.p. 214To excite physical heat or irritation in by means of friction; to stimulate. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser. 2. To excite heat in the mind of; to excite passion in; to fret; to…
  35. Chāfe, v. i.p. 214To be excited or heated; to rage; to fret; to be in violent action. Take no care Who chafes, who frets. Shak. 2. To fret or wear by rubbing. The troubled Tiber chafing with his shores. Shak. 3. To be…
  36. Chāfe, n.p. 214Heat or irritation excited by friction. 2. Violent agitation of the mind or passions. “In a sultry chafe.” Milton.
  37. Chāf'er, n.p. 214One who chafes. 2. A dish or pan. “A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons.” Baker.
  38. Chāf'er, n.p. 214(Entom.) An insect;— also called cock-chafer or May-bug.
  39. Chāf'er-y, n.p. 214(Iron Works.) A forge in which the metal is subjected to a welding heat. Nicholson.
  40. Chāfe'-wāx, n.p. 214An assistant or attendant to the lord chancellor, who fits the wax for the sealing of writs. [Eng.] Harris.
  41. Chāff, n.p. 214The glumes, husk, or light, dry covering of grains and grasses. It consists of membranous scales which are separated from the seed by threshing, winnowing, or like processes. Take the corn and leave…
  42. Chăff, n.p. 214Light, idle talk, by way of making fun or turning into ridicule. [Colloq.]
  43. Chāff, v. i.p. 214To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule. [Colloq.] At the end of Strand they make a stand, Swearing that they are at a loss: And, chafing, say, that's not the way They must go to…
  44. Chăff, v. t.p. 214To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in frivolous or ironical language. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray.
  45. Chāff'-cŭt'ter or Chāff'-en'gīne, n.p. 214A machine for cutting up straw, &c., into chaff.
  46. Chāf'fer, v. i.p. 214To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden. 2. To talk much or idly. Trench.
  47. Chăf'fer, v. t.p. 214To make a purchase of; to buy. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spencer. 2. To exchange. “[To] chaffer words.” Spencer.
  48. Chāf'fer, n.p. 214That which is chaffered; merchandise. [Obs.] “Cattle, chaffer, or merchandise.” Holinshed.
  49. Chäf'fer-er, n.p. 214One who chaffers; a bargainer; a buyer.
  50. Chäffern, n.p. 214A vessel for heating water. [Obs.]
  51. Chäf'fer-y, n.p. 214Traffic; buying and selling; bargaining. [Obs.] Spencer.
  52. Chäff'finch, n.p. 214(Or-nith.) A bird belonging to the Fringillidæ, or finch family (Fringilla cœlebs), said to delight in chaff, and having a very sweet note which is much admired. Baird.
  53. Chäff'ing, n.p. 214The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule.
  54. Chäff'less, a.p. 214Without chaff. Shak.
  55. Chäff'-weed, n.p. 214(Bot.) (a.) A species of Gnaphalium; cudweed. (b.) A species of Centunculus. Muhlenberg.
  56. Chäff'y, a.p. 214Containing, resembling, or consisting of, chaff. “Chaffy snow.” Armstrong. “Chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail.” Coleridge. 2. Light or worthless as chaff. “Slight and chaffy opinion.”…
  57. Chāf'ing-dish, n.p. 214A dish or vessel to hold coals for heating any thing set on it; a portable grate for coals.
  58. Chāf'ing-gēar, n.p. 214(Naut.) Matting or other soft substance placed on rigging, spars, &c., to prevent chafing.
  59. Sha-green′, n.p. 214See SHAGREEN.
  60. Cha-grīn', n.p. 214Ill-humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness. Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope. Syn.—Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet.—CHAGRIN, VEXATION…