CHILOGRAM
CHILOGRAM. [See Kilogram.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHIMB
CHIMB, noun [See Chime.]
CHIME
CHIME, noun1. The consonant or harmonic sounds of several correspondent instruments.Instruments that made melodious chime2. Correspondence of sound.Love - harmonized the chime3....
CHIMER
CHIMER, noun One who chimes.
CHIMERA
CHIMERA, noun1. In fabulous history, a monster with three heads, that of a lion, of a goat, and of a dragon, vomiting flames. The foreparts of the body wee those of a lion, the ...
CHIMERICAL
CHIMERICAL, adjective Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; that has, or can have no existence except in thought.
CHIMERICALLY
CHIMERICALLY, adverb Wildly; vainly; fancifully; fantastically.
CHIMICAL
CHIMICAL, adjective [See Chimistry.]1. Pertaining to chimistry; as a chimical operation.2. Resulting from the operation of the principles of bodies by decomposition, combination...
CHIMICALLY
CHIMICALLY, adverb According to chimical principles; by chimical process or operation.
CHIMINAGE
CHIMINAGE, noun In law, a toll for passage through a forest.
CHIMING
CHIMING, participle present tense Causing to chime; sounding in accordance.
CHIMIST
CHIMIST, noun A person versed in chimistry; a professor of chimistry.
CHIMISTRY
CHIMISTRY, nounchimistry is a science, the object of which is to discover the nature and properties of all bodies by analysis and synthesis.CHIMISTRY is that science which expla...
CHIMNEY
CHIMNEY, noun1. In architecture, a body of brick or stone, erected in a building, containing a funnel or funnels, to convey smoke, and other volatile matter through the roof, fr...
CHIMNEY-CORNER
CHIMNEY-CORNER, noun1. The corner of a fire-place, or the space between the fire and the sides of the fire-place. In the Northern States of America, fire-places were formerly ma...
CHIMNEY-HOOK
CHIMNEY-HOOK, noun A hook for holding pots and kettles over a fire.
CHIMNEY-MONEY
CHIMNEY-MONEY, noun Hearth-money, a duty paid for each chimney in a house.
CHIMNEY-PIECE
CHIMNEY-PIECE, noun An ornamental piece of wood or stone set round a fire-place.
CHIMNEY-SWEEPER
CHIMNEY-SWEEPER, noun One whose occupation is to sweep and scrape chimneys, to clean them of the soot that adheres to their sides.
CHIMPANZEE
CHIMPANZEE, noun An animal of the ape kind, a variety of the ourang-outang.It is now considered a distinct species.
CHIN
CHIN, noun The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
CHIN-COUGH
CHIN-COUGH, noun A contagious disease, often epidemic among children. It increases for some weeks, is attended with a difficulty of breathing, and in its worst stage, with a deg...
CHINA
CHINA, noun A species of earthern ware made in china and so called from the country; called also china ware and porcelain. [See Porcelain.]
CHINA-ORANGE
CHINA-ORANGE, noun The sweet orange, said to have been originally brought from China.
CHINA-ROOT
CHINA-ROOT, noun The root of a species Smilax, brought from the East Indies, of a pale reddish color, with no smell, and very little taste.
CHINCH
CHINCH, noun A genus of insects, resembling the feather-wing moths. These insects live in the flowers of plants, and wander from flower to flower, but prefer those which are swe...
CHINE
CHINE, noun1. The back-bone, or spine of an animal.2. A piece of the back-bone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.3. The chime of a cask, or the ridge forme...