Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Chiffonier

{ Chif′fo‐nier″ (?), fem.Chif′fo‐nière″ (?), } n. [F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonnière, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth.] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends...

3161

Chignon

‖Chi″gnon (�), n. [F., prop. equiv. to chaînon link, fr. chaîne chain, fr. L. catena Cf. Chain.] A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the bac...

3162

Chigoe

{ Chig″oe (?), Chig″re (?), } n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zoöl.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West...

3163

Chih fu

‖Chih″ fu′ (?). [Chin. chih fu, lit., (He who) knows (the) prefecture.] An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business of the hsiens ...

3164

Chih hsien

‖Chih″ hsien′ (?). [Chin. chih hsien, lit., (He who) knows (the) district.] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, re...

3165

Chih tai

‖Chih″ tai′ (?). [Chin. chih to govern + t‘ai an honorary title.] A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).

3166

Chikara

‖Chi‐ka″ra (�), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India. (b) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

3167

Chilblain

Chil″blain′ (?), n. [Chill + Blain.] A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulc...

3168

Chilblain (2)

Chil″blain′, v. t. To produce chilblains upon.

3169

Child

Child (chīld), n.; pl.Children (chĭl″drĕn). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kilþei womb, in-kilþō with child.] 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first...

3170

Child (2)

Child, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Childed; p. pr. & vb. n.Childing.] To give birth; to produce young.This queen Genissa childing died.Warner.It chanced within two days they childed both...

3171

Child study

Child study. A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.

3172

Childbearing

Child″bear′ing (?), n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.

3173

Childbed

Child″bed (?), n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

3174

Childbirth

Child″birth (?), n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.

3175

Childcrowing

Child″crow′ing (?), n.(Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

3176

Childe

Childe (?), n. A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

3177

Childed

Child″ed (?), a. Furnished with a child.

3178

Childermas day

Chil″dermas day′ (?). [AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Beth...

3179

Childhood

Child″hood (chīld″ho͝od), n. [AS. cildhād; cild child + -hād. See Child, and -hood.] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time...

3180

Childing

Child″ing (?), a. [See Child, v. i.] Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. Shak.

3181

Childish

Child″ish, a. 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. “Childish innocence.” Macaulay.2. Puerile; trifling; weak.Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is r...

3182

Childishly

Child″ish‐ly, adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.

3183

Childishness

Child″ish‐ness, n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

3184

Childlessness

Child″less‐ness, n. The state of being childless.

3185

Childlike

Child″like (?), a. Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. “Childlike obedience.” Hooker.☞ Childlike, as applied to p...

3186

Childly

Child″ly, a. Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child. Gower.