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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Chē'si-ble, n. p. 222See CHASUBLE.Chēs’lip, n. p. 222A small vermin that lies under stones.Chĕss, n. p. 222A game played by two persons, on a board containing sixty-four squares, like that used in checkers, with two differently colored sets of pieces, or men, sixteen in each set: eight are pawns, having…Chĕss, n. p. 222(Bot.) A kind of grass (Bromus secalinus) which grows among wheat, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears some resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up…Chĕss'-ăp'ple, n. p. 222The wild-service (Crataegus terminalis).Chĕss'-bōard, n. p. 222The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of squares, eight in each row, alternately of different colors.Chēs'sel, n. p. 222The wooden vat in which cheese is pressed. Gardner.Chēs'sex, n. p. 222(Mil.) The boards used for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. [See Illust. of Bateau-bridge.]Chĕss'-măn, n. p. 222A piece used in the game of chess.Chēs'som, n. p. 222Mellow earth. Bacon.Chĕss'-tree, n. p. 222(Naut.) A piece of wood bolted perpendicularly on the side, to confine the clews of the main-sail. Totten.Chĕst, n. p. 222A box of wood, or other material, in which articles are deposited; it differs from a trunk in not being covered with skin or leather. “Heaps of money crowded in the chest.” Dryden. 2. A coffin.…Chēst, v. t. p. 222To deposit in a chest; to hoard.Chēst'ed, a. p. 222Having a chest; as, thick-chested; narrow-chested.Chēst'-found'er, n. p. 222(Far.) A rheumatic affection of the muscles by which the fore-limbs of a horse are moved, as well as of those which are necessary to respiration. It resembles somewhat the acute rheumatism of the…Chĕst'nut, n. p. 222(Bot.) (a.) The fruit, seed, or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Castanea (C. vesca), inclosed in a prickly pericarp or bur. (b.) The tree itself, or its timber.Chēst'nut, a. p. 222Being of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color.Chĕst'nut-tree, n. p. 222The tree which produces the chestnut (Castanea vesca). It is a valuable timber-tree.Chēs'ton, n. p. 222A species of plum. Johnson.Chē'tah, n. p. 222See CHEETAH.Chēt’wērt, n. p. 222A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or nearly six Winchester bushels. [Russia.]Chēv'a-chīē, n. p. 222An expedition with cavalry. [Obs.] Chaucer.Chēv'age, n. p. 222See CHIEFAGE.Che-vâl', n. p. 222A support or frame.Che-vāl'-de-frīse or CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE, n. p. 222(Mil.) A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or make a retrenchment to stop cavalry. “The obstructions of…Che-vāl'-glāss, n. p. 222A large mirror, mounted so as to swing in a frame; a dressing glass.Chēv'/a-liēr', n. p. 222A horseman; hence, a knight; a gallant young man. “Mount, chevaliers; to arms.” Shak. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.Chĕv'en, n. p. 222A river fish; the chub. Browne.Chĕv'er-īl, n. p. 222Soft leather made of kid skin. 2. A yielding disposition. Here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak.Chēv'er-il, a. p. 222Having pliability, as that of kid-skin. “A cheverile conscience and a searching wit.” Drayton.Chēv'er-ilize, v. t. p. 222To make as pliable as kid-leather. Mountagu.Chēv'i-sānçe, n. p. 222Achievement; deed; performance; enterprise accomplished. [Obs.] “Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance.” Spenser. 2. (Law.) (a.) A making of contracts; a bargain. (b.) An unlawful agreement or…Chev-rètte’, n. p. 222(Mil.) An engine for raising guns or mortars into their carriages. Simmonds.Chēv'ron, n. p. 222[Fr., rafter, chevron, Pr. cabrion, cabiron, Sp. cabrion, caviron, cabrio, equivalent to Lat. capriolus, a piece of timber which supports something, from caper, goat. 1. (Her.) An honorable ordinary…Chēv'roned, a. p. 223Having a chevron, or ornamental figure of a zigzag form. [A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevronedChĕv'ron-el, n. p. 223A small chevron.Chēv'-ro-tāin', n. p. 223(Zoöl.) A species of the genus Moschus, related to the deer, but having no horns, and otherwise peculiar. It is small, light, and graceful, and lives in the mountains of Asia, from the Altai to Java.…Chēv'y, v. t. p. 223To shake or force with a shivering motion. “One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes.” Lond. Times.Chew, v. t. p. 223To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior.Chew, v. t. p. 223To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. Old politicians chew on wisdom past. Pope.Chew, n. p. 223That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Low.]Chew'et, n. p. 223A kind of pie made of chopped substances. [Obs.]Chē'wĭnk, n. p. 223The ground-robin; — so called from its peculiar note. [U. S.] Bartlett.Chī'an, a. p. 223(Geog.) Pertaining to Chios, an island in the Ægean Sea, or Grecian Archipelago. Chian earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic.Chē-ăl'o-ōs-cu'ro or Chē-ăl'-os-cu'ro p. 223Same as CLARE-OBSCURE, q. v.Chī-ăs'to-līte, n. p. 223(Min.) Same as ANDALUSITE, q. v.Chĭb'bal, n. p. 223A small sort of onion. [Written also chibbol.] Beaumont.Chĭ-bouque' or Chĭ-bouk' p. 223Chĭ-bouk' (chĭ-bo͝ok'), n. [Turkish.] A Turkish tobacco-pipe, usually with a mouth-piece of amber, a stem of some valuable wood, and the bowl of baked clay.Chĭ'cȧ, n. p. 223A red coloring matter, extracted from the Bignonia chica, used by some of the tribes of North American Indians to stain the skin. 2. A fermented liquor or beer made of maize, &c., by the natives of…Chi-cāne', n. p. 223An artful subterfuge, or trick, designed to lead away from the merits of a case or question;—specifically applied to legal proceedings; shift; cavil; sophistry. “To shuffle from them by chicane.”…Chi-cāne', v. t. p. 223To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke.Chi-cān'er, n. p. 223One who uses shifts, evasions, or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a caviler; an unfair disputant. Locke.Chi-cān'er-y, n. p. 223Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sophistry. “Irritated by perpetual chicanery.” Hallam. Syn. — Trick; sophistry; quibble; fetch; stratagem.Chīc'eo-ry, n. p. 223(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium, or succory. C. Intybus, or wild chicory, is extensively cultivated and used for adulterating coffee, the roots being dried, roasted, and ground with the…Chich, n. p. 223A dwarf pea; the chick-pea.Chĭch'ling or Chĭch'ling-vētch, n. p. 223(Bot.) A vetch or pea, of the genus Lathyrus, sometimes used for food. Miller.Chĭck, v. i. p. 223To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. Chalmers.Chĭck or Chĭck'en, n. p. 223The young of fowls, particularly of the domestic hen. 2. A young person; — used as a term of endearment. Shak.Chick'a-bid'dy, n. p. 223A chicken. [Trivial. U. S.]Chick'a-dee', n. p. 223(Ornith.) A bird, the black-cap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; — named from its note. Audubon.