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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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Chiēf, a. p. 223Highest in office or rank; headmost; as, a chief priest. Among the chief rulers also many believed on him. John xii. 42. 2. Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished…Chiēf, n. p. 223The head or leader of any band or community; a commander. 2. The principal or most important person or thing. 3. (Her.) The upper part of the escutcheon, divided into three points, dexter, middle…Chiēf, adv. p. 223Chiefly. [Rare.] Thomson.Chiēf'aġe, n. p. 223A tribute by the head. [Written also chevage.] [Obs.]Chief'-bâr'on, n. p. 223(Eng. Law.) The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.Chief'dóm, n. p. 223Sovereignty. [Obs.] Spenser.Chief'ess, n. p. 223A female chief. [Rare.]Chief'-jûs'tice, n. p. 223The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.Chief'-jūs/tice-ship, n. p. 223The office of chief-justice. Story.Chiēf'less, a. p. 223Without a chief or leader. Pope.Chiēf'ly, adv. p. 223In the first place; principally; eminently; above all. Search through this garden, leave unsearched no nook, But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly.…Chiēf'rie, n. p. 223A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] Swift.Chiëf'tain p. 223m. [O. Fr. chieftaine, chiefretain, chefetain, chefetaine, chefvetain, chevetain, chevetaine; N. Fr. capitaine, Fr. capitani, L. Lat. capitaneus, from O. Fr. chef, chief, Lat. caput, head. Cf.…Chiëf'tain-cy or Chiëf'tain-ship, n. p. 223The rank, office, or quality of a chieftain.Chiëf'tain-ry, n. p. 223Chieftainship. [Rare.]Chiēv'ance, n. p. 223An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is extorted as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.Chiëve or Chëve, v. i. p. 223To come to an issue or conclusion; to turn out; to succeed; as, to chieve well in an enterprise. [Obs. or Prov.] Halliwell.Chiffonier, n. p. 223A receptacle for rags or shreds. 2. A movable and ornamental piece of furniture; a movable closet. 3. One who gathers rags; a rag-picker.Chi'gōe or Chig're, n. p. 223(Entom.) A small insect of the flea family (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet, penetrating the skin, and rearing a numerous progeny under it.…Chil'blāin, n. p. 223A blain or sore produced by cold; a tumor affecting the hands and feet, accompanied with inflammation, pain, and sometimes ulceration.Chil'blāin, v. t. p. 223To produce chilblains upon; to afflict with chilblains.Child, n. p. 223A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents. Men are but children of a larger growth. Dryden. 2. A young person of either sex; hence…Child, v. i. p. 223To give birth; to produce young. [Obs.] “The queen Genissa childing died.” Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.Child'-beâr'ing, n. p. 223The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.Child'bĕd, n. p. 223The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.Chīld'birth, n. p. 223The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Taylor.Childe, n. p. 223A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to the titles of his ancestors, or gained new honors by his own prowess; as, Childe Roland. ☞ “Childe . . . we may…Child'ed, a. p. 223Furnished with a child. [Obs.]Chil'der-mas-dāy, n. p. 223(Eccl.) An anniversary of the church of England, held on the 28th of December, in commemoration of the children of Bethlehem slain by Herod; — called also Innocents' Day.Child'hood, n. p. 223The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty; in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before…Child'ish, a. p. 223Of, or pertaining to, a child; puerile; trifling. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. ☞ Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is…Child’ish-ly, adv. p. 224In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.Child'ish-ness, n. p. 224The state or qualities of a child; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.Chīld'less, a. p. 224Destitute of children or offspring.Chīld'less-ness, n. p. 224State of being without children.Chīld'-līke, a. p. 224Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. “Child-like obedience to her that hath more than motherly care.” Hooker. ☞ Child-like, as applied…Chīld'ly, a. p. 224Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child. [Obs.] Lydgate.Child'ness, n. p. 224The manner of a child; childishness. [Obs.] “Varying childiness.” Shak.Chil'dren, n. p. 224pl. of child.Chil'i-ad, n. p. 224A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand individual things; especially, the period of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir T. More.Chil'i-a-gŏn', n. p. 224A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow.Chil'i-a-hē'dron, n. p. 224A solid figure of a thousand equal sides or faces.Chil'i-ārch', n. p. 224The commander or chief of a thousand men.Chĭl'i-ărch'y, n. p. 224A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford.Chil’i-āsm, n. p. 224The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.Chil'i-āst, n. p. 224One of those who believe in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth for the space of a thousand years; a millenarian.Chil'i-äs'tic, a. p. 224Relating to the millennium. As soon as the obstruction offered by the chiliastic errors disappeared, . . . the apocalypse shone forth again. J. A. Alexander.Chĭl'i-făc'tĭve, a. p. 224See CHYLIFACTIVE.Chĭl'i-lī'ter or Chĭl'i-o-lī'ter, n. p. 224See KILOLITER.Chĭl'/i-ŏm'e-ter or Chĭl'/i-o-mē'ter, n. p. 224See KILOMETER.Chill, a. p. 224Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; cool. “Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill.” Milton. 2. Affected by cold. “My veins are chill.” Shak. 3. Characterized by coolness of manner…Chĭll, n. p. 224A moderate degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. “[A] wintry chill.” W. Irving. 2. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill…Chill, v. t. p. 224To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. “When winter chilled the day.” Goldsmith. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.…Chĭlled, a. p. 224Having undergone the process of hardening by chilling; as, chilled iron. 2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness in a picture; that is called blooming.Chilled Wheel p. 224A railway car-wheel, made of cast iron, and hardened on the tread by sudden cooling. See CHILL, v. t. The cut represents a cross section.Chil′i, n. p. 224The pod of the Cayenne or Guinea pepper.Chill'i-ness, n. p. 224A sensation of coolness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; as, the chilliness of the air.Chill'ing-ly, adv. p. 224In a chilling manner.Chill'ness, n. p. 224Coolness; coldness; a shivering.Chil'ly, a. p. 224Moderately cold, so as to cause shivering; causing a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering. The midnight air falls chilly on my breast. Mason.