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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Check'y, n. p. 221(Her.) A field or armorial bearing divided into checks of different colors alternately, like a chess-board. [Written also checquey.] Burke.Chĕd'dar, a. p. 221Pertaining to, or obtained from, Cheddar, in England. Johnston. Cheddar cheese, a rich and highly-flavored cheese made at Cheddar.Cheek, n. p. 221The side of the face below the eyes on either side. 2. (pl.) (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pairs; as, the cheeks of a printing-press…Cheek'-bōne, n. p. 221The bone of the cheek.Cheeked, a. p. 221Brought near the cheek. [R.] Standing at the door of some poor sutler's tent, With his pike cheeked, to guard the tun He must not taste. C. Cotton.Cheek'-tōōth, n. p. 221The hinder tooth or tusk.Cheep, v. i. p. 221To chirp, as a small bird.Cheer, n. p. 221The countenance and its expression. “Sweat of thy cheer.” Wycliffe. His words their drooping cheer Enlightened. Milton. 2. A state of feeling or spirits. “Be of good cheer.” Matt. ix. 2. The parents…Cheer, v. t. p. 221To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to render cheerful. “Cheered with wine and food.” Chapman. Of love, romance, devotion is his bay, As whilom he was wont the leagues to cheer. Byron. 2. To infuse…Cheer, v. i. p. 221To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous. At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. Phillips. 2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [Obs.] How cheer'st thou, Jessica? Shak.Cheer'er, n. p. 221One who cheers; he or that which gladdens. “Thou cheerer of our days.” Wotton. “Prime cheerer, light.” Thomson.Cheer'ful, a. p. 221Having good spirits; calmly joyful; lively; animated. “To entertain a cheerful disposition.” Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind do chant sweet music. Spenser. 2. Promoting good spirits or…Cheer'ful-ly, adv. p. 221In a cheerful manner; with alacrity or willingness; readily.Cheer'ful-ness, n. p. 221Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.Cheer'i-ly, adv. p. 221With cheerfulness; with spirit.Cheer'i-ness, n. p. 221Cheer'ing-ly, adv. p. 221In a cheerful manner.Cheer'ish-ness, n. p. 221State of cheerfulness. [Obs.] There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.Cheer'less, a. p. 221Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy. My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. Spencer.Cheer′less-ness, n. p. 221State of being destitute of cheerfulness or comfort.Cheer'ly, a. p. 221Gay; cheerful; not gloomy.Cheer'ly, adv. p. 221In a cheerful manner; heartily; briskly. Shak.Cheer′up, v. t. p. 221To make cheerful; to enliven. [Colloq.] See CHIRRUP.Cheer'y, a. p. 221In good spirits; cheerful; lively. 2. Promoting, or tending to promote, cheerfulness. “A cheery bowl.” Gay.Cheese, n. p. 221The curd of milk, coagulated usually by rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed in a vat, hoop, or mold. 2. A mass of pomace or ground apples pressed together in the form of a cheese.Cheese'-cāke, n. p. 221A cake made of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior.Cheese'-lĕp, n. p. 221A bag used to keep the rennet for making cheese.Cheese'-mite, n. p. 221(Entom.) A minute wingless insect (Acarus siro) with eight legs, found in cheese.Cheese'-môn'ger, n. p. 221One who deals in or sells cheese. B. Jonson.Cheese'-prĕss, n. p. 221A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. Gay.Cheese'-rên'net, n. p. 221(Bot.) A species of Galium (G. verum) sometimes put in milk intended for cheese, to give it color and flavor. Loudon.Cheese'-vāt, n. p. 221The vat or case in which curds are confined for pressing. Granville.Chee'sy, a. p. 221Having the nature, qualities, taste, or form of cheese.Cheet, v. i. p. 221To chatter or chirrup. Tennyson.Chee'tah, n. p. 221(Zoöl.) The hunting leopard (Felis jubata).Chef, n. p. 221A chief or head person. 2. The head-cook of a large establishment, as a club, a family, &c. Thackeray.Chef-d’œuvre′, n. p. 221A master-piece; a capital work in art, literature, &c.Chĕg're or Chĕg'ōe, n. p. 221See CHIGOE.Chei-rŏp'ter, n. p. 221(Zoöl.) One of the Cheiroptera.Chei-ròp'te-ră, n. pl. p. 221(Zoöl.) An order of mammalia having the limbs connected by a web, capable of being used in flying like wings. See BAT.Chei-rŏp'ter-oŭs, a. p. 221Belonging to the Cheiroptera.Chei'ro-thē'ri-ūm, n. p. 221(Geol.) An extinct animal whose footprints were broad like a hand. It is now referred to the genus Labyrinthodon. Dana.Che-kō'a, n. p. 221The Chinese porcelain clay.Chē'late, a. p. 221Same as CHELIFEROUS.Che-lif'er-oûs, a. p. 221Having cheliform appendages.Chel'i-form, a. p. 221Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as in the hand or claw of a crab; pincer-like.Che-lō'ni-ä, n. pl. p. 221(Zoöl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoise. See REPTILE. Dana.Che-lō'ni-an, n. p. 221(Zoöl.) One of the Chelonia.Che-lō'ni-an, a. p. 221Pertaining to, or designating, animals of the tortoise kind.Chē'ly or Chē'lā, n. p. 221A pincer-like claw, as in crabs. [Obs.]Chēm'ic or Chēm'ic-al, a. p. 221<br>1. Pertaining to chemistry. “Chemical nomenclature and notation.” Graham.<br>2. Resulting from the operation of the forces on which composition and decomposition, and related phenomena, depend…Chēm'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 221According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.Chēm'ie-al₂, n. pl. p. 222Substances used for producing chemical effects.Chēm'i-glȳph'ic, a. p. 222Engraved by means of a galvanic battery.Chemin-des-rondes, n. p. 222(Mil.) A beam from four to twelve feet wide, at the foot of the exterior slope in a permanent fortification. It is sometimes covered in front by a hedge, or a low wall, or small parapet of earth.…Che-mīse', n. p. 222A shift, or under-garment, worn by females. 2. A wall that lines the face of any work of earth.Chĕm'i-sĕtte', n. p. 222An under-garment, worn over the chemise.Chēm'ist, n. p. 222A person versed in chemistry; a professor of chemistry.Chēm'is-try, n. p. 222That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo. Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. — Organic…Che-nīlle', n. p. 222Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, used in ladies' dresses.