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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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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.Chōke'-dămp, n. p. 226Carbonic acid gas accumulated in wells, mines, &c.;— so called because often destructive of life by preventing the respiration of air.Chō'kee-dār', n. p. 226(a.) A watchman, as of a house, or public building. (b.) A custom-house officer. [India.]Chōke'-ful, a. p. 226Full as possible; quite full; full to choking. See CHOCK-FULL.Chōke'-peār, n. p. 226A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the parts of the mouth. 2. An aspersion or sarcasm by which a person is put to silence. [Low.]Chōk'er, n. p. 226He who, or that which, chokes or puts to silence. 2. That which can not be answered. Johnson. 3. A neck-cloth or collar. [Vulgar.]Chōke'-weed, n. p. 226(Bot.) A plant of different species, so called from its effects in choking the growth of other plants, or in producing a choking sensation when in any way taken into the human system.