CHARY
CHARY, adjective [Sax. Cearig. See Care.] Careful; wary; frugal.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHASABLE
CHASABLE, adjective That may be chased; fit for the chase.
CHASE
CHASE, verb transitive1. Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the purpose of taking, as game; to hunt.2. To purse, or drive, as a defeate...
CHASED
CHASED, participle passive Pursed; sought ardently; driven.
CHASER
CHASER, noun1. One who chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.2. An enchaser. [See Enchase.]
CHASIDEANS
ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.]A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the laws of their God and the liberties of their country. They were men of great z...
CHASING
CHASING, participle present tense Pursuing; driving; hunting.
CHASM
CHASM, noun1. A cleft; a fissure; a gap; properly, an opening made by disrupture, as a beach in the earth or a rock.2. A void space; a vacuity.Between the two propositions, that...
CHASMED
CHASMED, adjective Having gaps or a chasm.
CHASSELAS
CHASSELAS, noun A sort of grape.
CHASTE
CHASTE, adjective1. Pure from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Applied to persons before marriage, it signifies pure from all sexual commerce, undefiled; applied to married perso...
CHASTE-EYED
CHASTE-EYED, adjective Having modest eyes.
CHASTE-TREE
CHASTE-TREE, noun The agnus castus, or vitex; a tree that grows to the highth of eight or ten feet, producing spikes of flowers at the end of every strong shoot in autumn.
CHASTELY
CHASTELY, adverb In a chaste manner; without unlawful commerce of sexes; without obscenity; purely; without barbarisms or unnatural phrases.
CHASTEN
CHASTEN, verb transitive1. To correct by punishment; to punish; to inflict pain for the purpose of reclaiming an offender; as, to chasten a son with a rod.I will chasten him wit...
CHASTENED
CHASTENED, participle passive Corrected; punished; afflicted for correction.
CHASTENER
CHASTENER, noun One who punishes, for the purpose of correction.
CHASTENESS
CHASTENESS, noun Chastity; purity.
CHASTENING
CHASTENING, participle present tense Correcting; afflicting for correction.CHASTENING, noun Correction; punishment for the purpose of reclaiming.No chastening for the present se...
CHASTISABLE
CHASTISABLE, adjective Deserving of chastisement.
CHASTISE
CHASTISE, verb transitive1. To correct by punishing; to punish; to inflict pain by stripes, or in other manner, for the purpose of punishing an offender and recalling him to his...
CHASTISED
CHASTISED, participle passive Punished; corrected.
CHASTISEMENT
CHASTISEMENT, noun Correction; punishment; pain inflicted for punishment and correction, either by stripes or otherwise.Shall I so much dishonour my fair stars, On equal terms t...
CHASTISER
CHASTISER, noun One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
CHASTISING
CHASTISING, participle present tense Punishing for correction; correcting.
CHASTITY
CHASTITY, noun1. Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, purity from all commerce of sexes; after marriage, fidelity to the marriage be...
CHAT
CHAT, verb intransitive1. To talk in a familiar manner; to talk without form or ceremony.2. To talk idly; to prate.CHAT, verb transitive To talk of.CHAT, noun Free, familiar tal...