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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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Chī-rōs'o-phist, n. p. 225A fortune-teller.Chĭrp, v. i. p. 225To make a short, sharp sound, as is done by fowls, birds, or crickets. The careful hen Calls all her chirping family around. Thomson.Chirp, v. t. p. 225To make cheerful; to enliven. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.Chĭrp, n. p. 225A short, sharp note. “The chirp of flitting bird.” Bryant.Chīrp'er, n. p. 225One who chirps, or is cheerful.Chīrp'ing-ly, adv. p. 225In a chirping manner.Chĭrre, v. i. p. 225To coo, as a pigeon. [Obs.]Chĭr'rup, v. t. p. 225To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.Chĭr'rup, v. i. p. 225To chirp. The cricket chirrups on the hearth. Goldsmith.Chĭr'rup, n. p. 225The act of chirping. “The sparrows’ chirrup on the roof.” Tennyson.Chī-rūr'geon, n. p. 225A surgeon; one whose profession is to heal diseases by manual operations, instruments, or external applications. [Obs.] See SURGEON.Chī-rūr'ger-y, n. p. 225That part of the medical art which consists in healing diseases and wounds by instruments and external applications. [Now written surgery.]Chĭ-rūr'gĭc or Chĭ-rūr'gĭc-al, a. p. 225Pertaining to surgery, or to the art of healing diseases and wounds by manual operations, instruments, or external applications. [Now written surgical.]Chĭs'el, n. p. 225An instrument of iron or steel, sharpened to a cutting edge at the end, used in carpentry, joinery, cabinet work, masonry, sculpture, &c., either for paring, hewing, or gouging.Chĭs'el, v. t. p. 225To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. 2. To cut close, as in a bargain, &c. [Collog.]Chĭs'el, n. p. 225Coarse flour. [Eng.]Chīs'leū, n. p. 225The ninth month of the Jewish year, answering to a part of November and a part of December, in the modern division of the year.Chis'ley, a. p. 225Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel;—said of a soil between sand and clay. Gardner.Chīt, n. p. 225The first shooting or germination of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of potatoes. 2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; a crying chit. 3. An excrescence on some part of the body, as a…Chīt, v. i. p. 225To shoot out; to sprout. [Obs.] I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.Chĭt'chăt, n. p. 225Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.Chīt'ine, n. p. 225(Chem.) A peculiar principle, containing nitrogen, characteristic of the skin of insects, and found also in the shell of crustaceans. R. Owen.Chī'ti-noüs, a. p. 225Having the nature of chitine.Chī'ton, n. p. 225(Zoöl.) A mollusk, with a many-jointed shell covering its back. Dana.Chĭt'ter, v. i. p. 225To shiver; to tremble; to chatter; to shake with cold. [Obs.] Huloet.Chīt'ter-ling, n. p. 225The frill to the breast of a shirt. [Obs.] Gascoigne.Chĭt'ter-lings, n. pl. p. 225(Cookery.) The smaller intestines of swine, &c., fried for food.Chĭt'ty, a. p. 225Childish; like a babe. [Obs.] 2. Full of chits or sprouts.Chĭv'al-rie, a. p. 225Same as CHIVALROUS.Chīv'al-roūs, a. p. 225Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; bold; gallant. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser.Chĭv'al-roûs-ly, adv. p. 225In a chival-rous manner; boldly; gallantly.Chĭv'al-ry, n. p. 225A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; cavalry. By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts. Shak. 2. The dignity or system of knighthood; the usages…Court of chivalry p. 225a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.Chīves, n. pl. p. 225(Bot.) Slender threads or filaments in the blossoms of plants. See STAMEN. 2. (Agric.) A small species of onion growing in tufts (Allium schœnoprasum). [Written also cives.]Chlām'y-phōre, n. p. 225(Zoöl.) A small South American quadruped, allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a shell or coat of mail, like a cloak. Harlan.Chlā'mys, n. p. 225A tunic, or loose coat, worn by the ancients over the vest or doublet. Elmes.Chlō'ral, n. p. 225(Chem.) A liquid compound of chlorine, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, obtained by the action of chlorine upon alcohol, aided by the sun's rays. Gregory.Chlō'rate, n. p. 225(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of chloric acid with a base.Chlō'rĭc, a. p. 225Pertaining to chlorine, or obtained from it; as, chloric acid.Chlō'ride, n. p. 225(Chem.) A compound of chlorine with another element.Chlō'rid-āte, v. t. p. 225To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate, for the purposes of photography, with chloride of silver. R. Hunt.Chlo-rid'ic, a. p. 225Pertaining to a chloride.Chlō'rid-īze, v. t. p. 225See CHLORIDATE.Chlo-rim'e-try, n. p. 226Same as CHLOROMETRY.Chlō'rine, n. p. 226(Chem.) One of the elementary substances; a heavy gas of greenish color. It has a disagreeable, suffocating odor, and is destructive of life; is a constituent of common salt, making sixty parts of it…Chlō'ri-ŏd'ic, a. p. 226(Chem.) Compounded of chlorine and iodine; as, chloriodic acid.Chlo-ri'o-dīne, n. p. 226A compound of chlorine and iodine.Chlō'ris, n. p. 226(Ornith.) The green finch, a small bird of the grosbeak family, Coccothraustes chloris. S. F. Baird.Chlō'rite, n. p. 226(Min.) A soft, olive-green mineral, allied to talc, occurring usually massive, and somewhat granular or scaly. It has a slightly greasy feeling when handled. Dana.Chlorite slate p. 226an olive-green slaty rock, containing chlorite. Dana.Chlo-rit'ic, a. p. 226Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand. Lyell.Chlō'ro-fōrm, n. p. 226(Chem.) An oily liquid, of an aromatic, ethereal odor, consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine. It evaporates speedily, and has a specific gravity of 1.5. It is an important anaesthetic agent…Chlō'ro-fōrm, v. t. p. 226To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.Chlo-rōm'e-ter, n. p. 226An instrument for testing the decoloring or bleaching powers of chloride of lime.Chlo-rōm'e-try, n. p. 226The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.Chlō'ro·phāne, n. p. 226(Min.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald-green light. Dana.Chlō'ro-phȳl, n. p. 226(Bot.) The green coloring matter of the leaves and other parts of plants, consisting of minute grains lying loosely in the cells of the tissue. Gray.Chlo-rŏph'yl-lite or Chlō'ro-phyl'lite, n. p. 226(Min.) A foliated or micaceous mineral, of a grayish, or olive-green color, consisting principally of silicate of alumina; an altered form of iolite. Dana.Chlo-rō'sis, n. p. 226(Med.) The green sickness; a disease of young females, characterized by a pale or greenish hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, &c. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing them to turn…Chlo-rŏt'ic, a. p. 226Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.