CHAFE-WAX
CHAFE-WAX, noun In England, an officer belonging to the Lord Chancellor, who fits the wax for the sealing of writs.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHAFED
CHAFED, participle passive Heated or fretted by rubbing; worn by friction.
CHAFER
CHAFER, noun One who chafes.CHAFER, noun An insect, a species of Scarabaeus, or beetle.
CHAFERY
CHAFERY, noun In Iron works, a forge in which an ancony or square mass of iron, hammered into a bar in the middle, with its ends rough, is reduced to a complete bar, by hammerin...
CHAFF
CHAFF, noun1. The husk, or dry calyx of corn, and grasses. In common language, the word is applied to the husks when separated from the corn by thrashing, riddling or winnowing....
CHAFFER
CHAFFER, verb intransitive To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; as, to chaffer for preferments.CHAFFER, verb transitive To buy; to...
CHAFFERN
CHAFFERN, noun A vessel for heating water.
CHAFFERY
CHAFFERY, noun Trafick; buying and selling.
CHAFFINCH
CHAFFINCH, noun A species of birds of the genus Fringilla, which are said to delight in chaff, and are admired for their song.
CHAFFLESS
CHAFFLESS, noun Without chaff.
CHAFFWEED
CHAFFWEED, noun A plant, cud-weed, a species of Gnaphalium; but this name is given also to the Centunculus.
CHAFFY
CHAFFY, adjective Like chaff; full of chaff; light; as, chaffy straws; chaffy opinions.
CHAFING
CHAFING, participle present tense Heating or fretting by friction.
CHAFING-DISH
CHAFING-DISH, noun A dish or vessel to hold coals for heating any thing set on it; a portable grate for coals.
CHAGRIN
CHAGRIN, noun Ill-humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness.CHAGRIN, verb transitive To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify.
CHAGRINED
CHAGRINED, participle passive Vexed; fretted; displeased.
CHAIN
CHAIN, noun1. A series of links or rings connected, or fitted into one another, usually made of some kind of metal, as a chain of gold, or of iron; but the word is not restricte...
CHAINED
CHAINED, participle passive Made fast, or bound by a chain; connected by a chain; bound; enslaved.
CHAINING
CHAINING, participle present tense Binding, fastening or connecting with a chain; binding, or attaching to; enslaving.
CHAIR
CHAIR, noun1. A movable seat; a frame with a bottom made of different materials, used for persons to sit in; originally a stool, and anciently a kind of pulpit in churches.2. A ...
CHAIR-MAN
CHAIR-MAN, noun1. The presiding officer or speaker of an assembly, association or company, particularly of a legislative house; also, the president or senior member of a committ...
CHAISE
CHAISE, noun s as z. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. It is open or covered.
CHALCEDONIC
CHALCEDONIC, adjective Pertaining to chalcedony.
CHALCEDONY
CHALCEDONY, noun A subspecies of quartz, a mineral called also white agate, resembling milk diluted with water, and more or less clouded or opake, with veins, circles and spots....
CHALCEDONYX
CHALCEDONYX, noun A variety of agate, in which white and gray layers alternate.
CHALCITE
CHALCITE, noun Sulphate of iron of a red color, so far calcined as to have lost a considerable part of its acid.
CHALCOGRAPHER
CHALCOGRAPHER, noun An engraver in brass.