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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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Chough, n. p. 227(Zoöl.) A bird of the crow family, and genus Pyrrhocorax. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, and curved bill. Baird.Chōule, n. p. 227See JOWL.Chōul'try, n. p. 227See CHOLTRY.Chouse, v. t. p. 227To cheat, trick, defraud;—followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Low.] The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. Landor.Chouse, n. p. 227One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. “Sillier than a sottish chouse.” Hudibras. 2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.Chout, n. p. 227(Com.) A fourth part of the clear revenue. [East Indies.]Chow'chow, a. p. 227Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chow-chow sweetmeats, preserved fruits of various kinds put together. Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry package…Chow'chow, n. p. 227A kind of mixed pickles.Chow'der, n. p. 227(Cookery.) A dish made of fresh fish, pork, biscuit, onions, &c., stewed together. 2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Chowder beer p. 227a liquor made by boiling the black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction. [Eng.]Chow'der, v. t. p. 227To make a chowder of.Chow'ery, n. p. 227A brush to keep off flies, used in the East Indies. Malcom.Chow'ter, v. t. p. 227To grumble like a frog or a froward child. [Obs.] Phillips.Choy'-rōot, n. p. 227See CHAY-ROOT.Chrē'ma-tis'ties, n. sing. p. 227The science of wealth; a branch of political economy. [See MATHEMATICS.]Chrē/o-tēch'nies, n. sing. p. 227The useful arts, especially agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [Rare.] See MATHEMATICS.Chres-tōm'a-thy, n. p. 227A selection of passages, with notes, &c., to be used in acquiring a language; as a Hebrew chrestomathy.Chrism, n. p. 227(Gr. & Rom. Cath. Churches.) Oil consecrated by the bishop, formerly used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, and extreme unction. Hook.Chris'mal, a. p. 227Pertaining to chrism. Brevint.Chris-mā'tion, n. p. 227The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.Chris'ma-to-ry, n. p. 227A vessel to hold the oil for chrism. Bale.Chrĭs'om, n. p. 228A white cloth or mantle thrown over a child when brought for baptism. [Obs.] 2. A child which died within a month after its birth, so called from the chrisom-cloth, a cloth anointed with chrism…Christ, n. p. 228THE ANOINTED;— an appellation given to the Savior of the world, and synonymous with the Hebrew MESSIAH.Christ'-crŏss-rōw', n. p. 228The alphabet;— formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. Nares.Chrĭs'ten, v. t. p. 228To give a name and apply water to, as a religious ceremony, in the name of, and according to the precept of, Christ; to baptize. 2. To give a name; to denominate. “Christen the thing what you will.”…Chrĭs'ten-dŏm, n. p. 228The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [Obs.] Faith is the key of christendom. Chaucer. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more…Chrĭs'tian, n. p. 228One who professes to believe, or is assumed to believe, in the religion of Christ; especially one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. 2. One who is born in a…Chrĭs'tian, a. p. 228Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian doctrine. 2. Professing Christianity; as, a Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. Blackstone.…Chrĭs'tian, v. t. p. 228To baptize. [Obs.] Fuller.Chrĭs'tian-ĭsm, n. p. 228The Christian religion. [Obs.] Milton. 2. The nations professing Christianity; Christendom. [Obs.] Johnson.Chrĭs'tian-īte, n. p. 228(Min.) Same as ANORTHITE, q. v.Chris-tiăn'i-ty, n. p. 228The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. Whilst politicians are disputing about monarchies, aristocracies, and republics, Christianity is alike applicable…Chrĭs'tian-i-zā'tion, n. p. 228The act or process of converting to Christianity.Chris'tian-īze, v. t. p. 228To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans. 2. To imbue with Christian principles. “Christianized philosophers.” Isaac Taylor.Chrĭs'tian-like, a. p. 228Becoming a Christian. “A virtuous and a Christian-like conclusion.” Shak.Chrĭs'tian-ly, adv. p. 228In a Christian manner; in a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion. “Sufferings . . . patiently and christianly borne.” Sharp.Chris'tian-ness, n. p. 228Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.Chris'tian-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 228A description of Christian nations. [Obs.] Pagitt.Chris-ti-e'o-list, n. p. 228A worshiper of Christ.Chrĭst'less, a. p. 228Having no faith in Christ.Chrĭst'mas, n. p. 228The festival of the Christian church, observed annually on the 25th day of December, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service. 2. Christmas-day.Christ'mas-bŏx, n. p. 228A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas; a Christmas gift.Christ'mas-dāy, n. p. 228The 25th day of December, when Christmas is celebrated.Christ'mas-flow'er or Christ'mas-rōse, n. p. 228(Bot.) A plant of the genus Helleborus (H. niger), producing beautiful white flowers about Christmas.Chris-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 228A discourse or treatise concerning Christ; doctrine of the whole or any part of the Scriptures respecting Christ.Christ's'-thōrn, n. p. 228(Bot.) A deciduous shrub of the Rhamnus family (Paliurus australis), a native of Palestine and the south of Europe. It is a handsome and free flowering, but very prickly shrub, and is so named as it…Chro-äs'ta-çē, n. pl. p. 228A class of pellucid gems, comprehending all those of variable colors, as viewed in different lights.Chrō'mate, n. p. 228(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of chromic acid with a base.Chro-măt'ic, a. p. 228Relating to color, or to colors. “The third part of painting, which is called the chromatic or coloring.” Dryden. 2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half-steps or semitones) of the scale…Chromatic scale p. 228the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale-tones and the five intermediate tones.Chro-măt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 228In a chromatic manner.Chro-măt'ics, n. sing. p. 228The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors. [See MATHEMATICS.]Chrō'ma-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 228A treatise on colors.Chrō'ma-tōl'o-ǵy, n. p. 228A treatise on colors.Chro-māt'o-phōre, n. p. 228One of the pigment cells in animals. Dana.Chrō'ma-trōpe, n. p. 228A philosophical toy, a modification of the phenakistoscope, consisting of a disk, on which circular arcs of brilliant colors are inscribed in pairs passing through the center of motion, each pair…Chrō'ma-tȳpe, n. p. 228(Photog.) A process of taking photographic pictures by the use of paper made sensitive with bi-chromate of potash. R. Hunt.Chrō'ma-tȳpe, a. p. 228Of, or pertaining to, the chromatype; as, a chromatype picture. R. Hunt.Chrōme, n. p. 228Same as CHRŌMIUM, q. v.Chrōme'-green, n. p. 228A beautiful dark-green pigment prepared from the oxide of chromium.