CHANGER
CHANGER, noun1. One who alters the form of any thing.2. One that is employed in changing and discounting money; a money-changer.3. One given to change.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHANGING
CHANGING, participle present tense Altering; turning; putting one thing for another; shifting.
CHANNA
CHANNA, noun A fish taken in the Mediterranean, resembling the sea-perch.
CHANNEL
CHANNEL, noun1. In a general sense, a passage; a place of passing or flowing; particularly, a water course.2. The place where a river flows, including the whole breadth of the r...
CHANNELED
CHANNELED, participle passive Having channels; grooved longitudinally.
CHANNELING
CHANNELING, participle present tense Cutting channels; grooving longitudinally.
CHANSON
CHANSON, noun A song.
CHANT
CHANT, verb transitive1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations.The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.2. To celebrate in song;...
CHANTED
CHANTED, participle passive Sung; uttered with modulations of voice.
CHANTER
CHANTER, noun1. One who chants; a singer or songster.2. The chief singer, or priest of the chantry.3. The pipe which sounds the tenor or treble in a bagpipe.
CHANTICLEER
CHANTICLEER, noun A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in cowing.
CHANTING
CHANTING, participle present tense Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.CHANTING, noun The act of singing, or uttering with a song.
CHANTRESS
CHANTRESS, noun A female singer.
CHANTRY
CHANTRY, noun A church or chapel endowed with lands, or other revenue, for the maintenance of one or more priests daily to sing or say mass for the souls of the donors, or such ...
CHAOS
CHAOS, noun1. That confusion, or confused mass, in which matter is supposed to have existed, before it was separated into its different kinds and reduced to order, by the creati...
CHAOTIC
CHAOTIC, adjective Resembling chaos; confused; as, the earth was originally in a chaotic state.
CHAP
CHAP, verb transitive To cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the skin and flesh of the hand. Dry weather chaps the earth; cold dry wind...
CHAP-FALLEN
CHAP-FALLEN, adjective [chap and fall.] Having the lower chap depressed; hence, dejected; dispirited; silenced.
CHAPBOOK
CHAPBOOK, noun [See Chapman and Cheap.] a small book or pamphlet, carried about for sale by hawker.
CHAPE
CHAPE, noun1. The catch of any thing, as the hook of a scabbard, or the catch of a buckle, by which it is held to the back strap.2. A brass or silver tip or case, that strengthe...
CHAPEAU
CHAPEAU, noun A hat; in heraldry, a cap or bonnet.
CHAPEL
CHAPEL, noun1. A house for public worship; primarily, a private oratory, or house of worship belonging to a private person. In Great Britain there are several sorts of chapels; ...
CHAPELESS
CHAPELESS, adjective Without a chape.
CHAPELET
CHAPELET,CHAPELLANY, noun A place founded within some church and dependent thereon.
CHAPELLANY
CHAPELLANY, n. A place founded within some church and dependent thereon.
CHAPELLING
CHAPELLING, noun The act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of wind, when close hauled, so that she will lie the same way as before.
CHAPELRY
CHAPELRY, noun The bounds or jurisdiction of a chapel.