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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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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.Chil'o-gnāth, n. p. 224(Zoöl.) One of a group of the myriapods, q. v.Chĭl'o-grām, n. p. 224See KILOGRAM.Chīl′o-pŏd, n. p. 224(Zoöl.) An animal of the order of myriapods.Chĭl'tern Hūn'dreds p. 224A tract in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward, under the crown. As members of parliament can not resign their seats, when they wish to go out…Chī-mæ'ri-dæ, n. pl. p. 224(Zoöl.) A family of cartilaginous fishes, distinguished from the other families of the cartilaginous order by the head being furnished with appendages, and the tail terminating in a point. King of…Chī-mæ'roid, a. p. 224Related to, or like, the chimæridæ.Chīmb, n. p. 224The edge of a cask, &c. See CHINE, 3. [Written also chime.]Chīme, n. p. 224The harmonious sound of bells, or of other musical instruments. We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak. 2. A set of bells musically tuned to one another. 3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion…Chime, v. i. p. 224See CHIMB. 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. 2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond. Every thing chimed in with such a humor. W. Irving. 3. To make a rude…Chīme, v. t. p. 224To move, strike, or cause to sound in harmony, as a set of bells arranged as a chime.Chīme, n. p. 224The edge or brim of a cask or tub, formed by the ends of the staves.Chīm'er, n. p. 224One who chimes.Chi-mē'rā, n. p. 224(Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. “Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.” Milton. 2. A vain or foolish…Chi-mēre', n. p. 224The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook.Chī-mēr'ie-al, a. p. 224Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn.—Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild…Chī-mĕr'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 224Wildly; vainly; fancifully; fantastically.Chim'i-na'ge, n. p. 224(Law.) A toll for passage through a forest. Cowell.Chĭm'ney, n. p. 224The place where the fire is made in a house; the fire-place or hearth. [Obs.] Raleigh. 2. The vent or passage through which the smoke is carried up to the open air. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.…Chĭm'ney-bōard, n. p. 224A board used to shut up a fire-place; a fire-board.Chim'ney-côr'ner, n. p. 224The corner of a fire-place, or the space between the fire and the sides of the fire-place.Chim'ney-hōōk, n. p. 224A hook for holding pots and kettles over a fire.Chĭm'ney-mōn'ey, n. p. 224Hearth-money, a duty paid for each chimney in a house. [Eng.]Chim'ney-piēce, n. p. 224An ornamental piece of wood or stone set round a fire-place.Chim'ney-pôt, n. p. 224A cylinder of earthen ware, resembling in appearance a stone pot, placed at the top of chimneys to prevent smoking.Chim'ney-shāft, n. p. 224(Arch.) The part of a chimney which rises above the building.Chim'ney-swal'lōw, n. p. 224(Ornith.) A kind of swallow (the Cypselus pelasgius) which lives in chimneys.Chim'ney-sweep or Chim'ney-sweep'er, n. p. 224One whose occupation is to sweep and scrape chimneys, to clean them of the soot that adheres to their sides.Chim-păn'zee, n. p. 224(Zool.) The African orang-outang (Troglodytes niger), a species of the monkey tribe which approaches most nearly to man. It is a native of Africa, and when full grown is from three to four feet high.…Chin, n. p. 224The lower extremity of the face,Chī’na, n. p. 224A species of earthen ware made in China, or in imitation of that made there;—called also China ware and porcelain.