Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Chlō'roüs, a. p. 226(Chem. Physics.) Electro-negative; thus chlorous substances are electro-negatives. Graham.Chlorous acid p. 226an acid containing equal parts of oxygen and chlorine; now hypochlorous acid. Gregory.Chlō'ru-rēt, n. p. 226(Chem.) A compound of chlorine;—a name formerly given to what is now called a chloride.Chōak, v. t. & i. p. 226See CHOKE.Chŏck, v. t. p. 226To stop or fasten as with a wedge, or block, &c.; as, to chock a wheel or a cask.Chŏck, v. i. p. 226To fill up, as a cavity. “The wood work exactly chocked into the joints.” Fuller. 2. To encounter. See SHOCK.Chŏck, n. p. 226A wedge, or something to confine a cask or other body, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. 2. An encounter. See SHOCK.Chŏck'-full, a. p. 226Completely full. Todd.Chōe'o-lāte, n. p. 226A paste composed of the roasted kernel of the Theobroma cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually a little sugar, cinnamon, or vanilla. 2. The liquor or beverage made by dissolving…Chōc'o-late-house, n. p. 226A house where company may be served with chocolate.Chōc'o-late-nūt, n. p. 226See CACAO.Chōde p. 226The old imp. of chide. See CHIDE.Choice, n. p. 226The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election. Nature…Choice, a. p. 226Worthy of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift. 2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time, or of…Choice'-drawn, a. p. 226Selected with particular care.Choice'ful, a. p. 226Making many choices; fickle. His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spencer.Choice'less, a. p. 226Not having the power of choosing; not free. Hammond.Choice'ly, adv. p. 226With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference; with exact choice. “A band of men collected choicely from each county.” Shak. 2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently. “Choicely…Choice'ness, n. p. 226The quality of being of particular value or worth; preferableness. “Plants . . . for their choiceness reserved in pots.” Evelyn.Choir, n. p. 226A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Written also quire.] 2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers. 3. (Arch.) That part of a church separated from the…Choir'-ôr'gan, n. p. 226(Mus.) A portion of the stops of an organ;—so called in distinction from the full or great organ.Choir'-sërv'ice, n. p. 226The service of singing performed by the choir. Warton.Chōke, n. p. 226The internal or filamentous portion of an artichoke. [Cant.]Chōke, v. t. p. 226[A.-S. âceócjan, to suffocate, ceócjan, to ruminate, ceace, ceac, jaw, cheek, from an hypothetical ceocan, equivalent to ceowan, to chew. 1. To render unable to breathe; to stifle; to suffocate; to…Chōke, v. i. p. 226To have the windpipe stopped. 2. To be checked, as if by choking. “The words choked in his throat.” W. Scott. 3. To be offended; to take exceptions.Chōke'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 226(Bot.) The fruit of the Pyrus arbutifolia, a tree related to the apple. Gray.Chōke'-chĕr'ry, n. p. 226(Bot.) A species of wild cherry (Prunus borealis), and its fruit, remarkable for its astringent qualities.