Chaffy
Chaff″y (?), a. 1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail.Coleridge.2. Light or worthless as chaff.Slight and chaffy opinion.Glanvill.3. (B...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Chafing
Chaf″ing (?), n. [See Chafe, v. t.] The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food wa...
Chagreen
Cha‐green″ (?), n. See Shagreen.
Chagres fever
Cha″gres fe″ver (?). (Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.
Chagrin
Cha‐grin″ (?), n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding...
Chagrin (2)
Cha‐grin″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chagrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chargrining.] [Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n.] To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little ...
Chagrin (3)
Cha‐grin″, v. i. To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding.
Chagrin (4)
Cha‐grin″, a. Chagrined. Dryden.
Chain
Chain (?), n. [F. chaîne, fr. L. catena. Cf. Catenate.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of ...
Chain (2)
Chain, v. t. [imp. p. p.Chained (chānd); p. pr. & vb. n.Chaining.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulld...
Chain pump
Chain″ pump′ (?). A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals ...
Chain stitch
Chain″ stitch′ (?). 1. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; — used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.2. (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thre...
Chain tie
Chain tie. (Arch.) A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
Chain wheel
Chain″ wheel′ (?). 1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
Chainless
Chain″less (?), a. Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. “The chainless mind.” Byron.
Chainlet
Chain″let (?), n. A small chain. Sir W. Scott.
Chainwork
Chain″work′ (?), n. Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
Chair
Chair (?), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. � down + � seat, � to sit, akin...
Chair (2)
Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chairing.] 1. To place in a chair.2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
Chairman
Chair″man (?), n.; pl.Chairmen (�). 1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.2. One whose business it is to cary a ch...
Chairmanship
Chair″man‐ship, n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
Chaise
Chaise (shāz), n. [F. chaise seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for chaire, from a peculiar Parisian pronunciation. See Chair.] 1. A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with ...
Chaja
‖Cha″ja (?), n.(Zoöl.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, orChauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; — called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is oft...
Chalaza
‖Cha‐la″za (?), n.; pl. E. Chalazas, L. Chalazæ (#). 1. (Bot.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.2. (Biol.) A spiral b...
Chalazal
Cha‐la″zal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the chalaza.
Chalaze
Cha‐laze″ (?), n. Same as Chalaza.
Chalaziferous
Chal′a‐zif″er‐ous (?), a. [Chalaza + -ferous.] Having or bearing chalazas.