Webster's Dictionary 1828

1648

CHESSOM

CHESSOM, noun Mellow earth.

1649

CHEST

CHEST, noun1. A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported. It differs from a trunk in not being covered with skin or leather.2. The trunk of the body...

1650

CHEST-FOUNDERING

CHEST-FOUNDERING, noun A disease in horses, like the pleurisy or peripneumony in the human body.

1651

CHESTNUT

CHESTNUT, noun The fruit, seed or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Fagus. It is inclosed in a prickly pericarp, which contains two or more seeds.CHESTNUT, adjective Being of...

1652

CHESTNUT-TREE

CHESTNUT-TREE, noun The tree which produces the chestnut. This tree grows to a great size, with spreading branches. It is one of the most valuable timber trees, as the wood is v...

1653

CHESTON

CHESTON, noun A species of plum.

1654

CHEVACHIE

CHEVACHIE, noun An expedition with cavalry.CHEVAL DE FRISE, generally used in the plural, chevaux de frise, pronounced shevo de freez.1. A piece of timber traversed with wooden ...

1655

CHEVAGE

CHEVAGE, noun A tribute by the head.

1656

CHEVALIER

CHEVALIER, noun1. A knight; a gallant young man.2. In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points.CHEVEN, noun A river fish, the chub.

1657

CHEVEN

CHEVEN, noun The chub, a fish.

1658

CHEVERIL

CHEVERIL, noun A kid, or rather leather made of kid-skin; used as a noun or adjective.

1659

CHEVERILIZE

CHEVERILIZE, verb transitive To make as pliable as kid-leather.

1660

CHEVISANCE

CHEVISANCE, noun1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprize accomplished.2. In law, a making of contracts; a bargain.3. An unlawful agreement or contract. James 1:12.4. An agr...

1661

CHEVRON

CHEVRON, noun In heraldry, an honorable ordinary, representing two rafters of a house meeting at the top.

1662

CHEVRONED

CHEVRONED, adjective Having a chevron, or the form of it.

1663

CHEVROTAIN

CHEVROTAIN, noun The smallest of the antelope kind.

1664

CHEW

CHEW, verb transitive1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food, to prepare it for deglutition and digestion.2. To ruminate in the thoughts; to meditate; as, to ...

1665

CHEWED

CHEWED, participle passive Ground by the teeth; masticated.

1666

CHEWET

CHEWET, noun A kind of pie, made with chopped substances.

1667

CHEWING

CHEWING, participle present tense Grinding with the teeth; masticating; ruminating; meditating; champing.

1668

CHIA

CHIA, noun A beautiful Mexican plant.

1669

CHIAN

CHIAN, adjective Pertaining to Chios, an isle in the Levant.CHIAN earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent, and a cosmetic.C...

1670

CHIASTOLITE

CHIASTOLITE, noun A mineral, called also macle, whose crystals are arranged in a peculiar manner. The form of the crystals is a four-sided prism, whose bases are rhombs, differi...

1671

CHIBBAL

CHIBBAL, noun A small sort of onion.

1672

CHICANE

CHICANE, noun1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, unfair practices, or idle objections, which tend to perplex a cause, puzzle t...

1673

CHICANER

CHICANER, noun One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a caviller; a sophister; an unfair disputant.

1674

CHICANERY

CHICANERY, noun Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth.