Chantey
Chant″ey (?), n. [Cf. F. chanter to sing, and Chant. n.] A sailor's song.May we lift a deep-sea chantey such as seamen use at sea? Kipling.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Chanticleer
Chan″ti‐cleer (chăn″tĭ‐klēr), n. [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.] A cock, so ca...
Chanting
Chant″ing (chȧnt″ĭng), n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.Chanting falcon(Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird ...
Chantor
Chant″or (?), n. A chanter.
Chantress
Chant″ress (?), n. [Cf. OF. chanteresse.] A female chanter or singer. Milton.
Chantry
Chant″ry (?), n.; pl.Chantries (#). [OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.] 1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the foun...
Chaomancy
Cha″o‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. � the atmosphere + -mancy.] Divination by means of appearances in the air.
Chaos
Cha″os (kā″ŏs), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. χάοσ, fr. χάινειν (root χα) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. Chasm.] 1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning ch...
Chaotic
Cha‐ot″ic (kā̍‐ŏt″ĭk), a. Resembling chaos; confused.
Chaotically
Cha‐ot″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. In a chaotic manner.
Chap
Chap (chăp or chŏp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chapped (chăpt or chŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Chapping.] [See Chop to cut.] 1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the ski...
Chap (2)
Chap, v. i. 1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.2. To strike; to knock; to rap.
Chap (3)
Chap, n. [From Chap, v. t. & i.] 1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.2. A division; a breach, as in a party.Many clefts and chaps in our ...
Chap (4)
Chap (chŏp), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. Käft, D. kiæft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.] 1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a...
Chap (5)
Chap (chăp), n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. kiæft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.] 1. A buyer; a chapman.If you want to sell, here is...
Chap (6)
Chap, v. i. [See Cheapen.] To bargain; to buy.
Chaparajos
‖Cha′pa‐ra″jos (?), n. pl. Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; — call...
Chapareras
‖Cha′pa‐re″ras (?), n. pl. Same as Chaparajos.
Chaparral
‖Cha′par‐ral″ (?), n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.] 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and br...
Chapbook
Chap″book′ (?), n. [See Chap to cheapen.] Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.
Chape
Chape (?), n. [F., a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape, fr. L. cappa. See Cap.] 1. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal...
Chapeau
Cha′peau″ (?), n.; pl.Chapeux (#). [F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See Chaplet.] 1. A hat or covering for the head.2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.‖Chapeau bras (�) [F....
Chaped
Chaped (?), p. p. or a. Furnished with a chape or chapes. Chaucer.
Chapel
Chap″el (?), n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cop...
Chapel (2)
Chap″el (?), v. t. 1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. Beau. & Fl.2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to reco...
Chapeless
Chape″less (?), a. Without a chape.
Chapelet
Chap″e‐let (?), n. [F. See Chaplet.] 1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted t...