CHALCOGRAPHY
CHALCOGRAPHY, noun The act or art of engraving in brass.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHALDAIC
CHALDAIC, adjective Pertaining to Chaldea, anciently a country on the Frat or Euphrates, in Asia, called in scripture Shinar. Of this Babylon was the principal city.CHALDAIC, no...
CHALDAISM
CHALDAISM, noun An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
CHALDEAN
CHALDEAN, noun An inhabitant of Chaldea.
CHALDEE
CHALDEE, adjective Pertaining to Chaldea.CHALDEE, noun The language or dialect of the Chaldeans.
CHALDER
CHALDER, noun A measure of coals consisting of thirty six bushels.
CHALDRON
CHALDRON,CHALICE, noun A cup, or bowl; usually a communion cup.
CHALICE
CHALICE, n. A cup, or bowl; usually a communion cup.
CHALICED
CHALICED, noun Having a cell or cup; applied by Shakespeare to a flower; but I believe little used.
CHALK
CHALK, noun A well known calcarious earth, of an opake white color, soft and admitting no polish. It contains a large portion of carbonic acid, and is a subspecies of carbonate ...
CHALK-CUTTER
CHALK-CUTTER, noun A man that digs chalk.
CHALK-PIT
CHALK-PIT, noun A pit in which chalk is dug.
CHALK-STONE
CHALK-STONE, noun1. In medicine, a calcarious concretion in the hands and feet of men violently affected by the gout.2. White with chalk; consisting of chalk; as, chalky cliffs....
CHALKINESS
CHALKINESS, noun The state of being chalky.
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE, noun Literally, a calling, or crying out, the primary sense of many words expressing a demand, as claim. Hence appropriately,1. A calling upon one to fight in single ...
CHALLENGEABLE
CHALLENGEABLE, adjective That may be challenged; that may be called to account.
CHALLENGED
CHALLENGED, participle passive Called to combat or o contest; claimed; demanded, as due; called from a jury.
CHALLENGER
CHALLENGER, noun1. One who challenges; one who invites to a single combat; one who calls on another by way of defiance.2. One who claims superiority; one who claims any thing as...
CHALLENGING
CHALLENGING, participle present tense Summoning to a duel, or to contest; claiming as a right; defying; calling off from a jury.
CHALYBEAN
CHALYBEAN, adjective Pertaining to steel well tempered.
CHALYBEATE
CHALYBEATE, adjective Impregnated with particles of iron; as chalybeate waters.CHALYBEATE, noun Any water or other liquor into which iron enters.
CHAM
CHAM, noun The sovereign prince of Tartary. Usually written Khan.
CHAMADE
CHAMADE, noun In war, the beat of a drum or sound of a trumpet, inviting an enemy to a parley; as for making a proposition for a truce, or for a capitulation.
CHAMBER
CHAMBER,CHAMBER,1. An apartment in an upper story, or in a story above the lower floor of a dwelling house; often used as a lodging room.2. Any retired room; any private apartme...
CHAMBER-FELLOW
CHAMBER-FELLOW, AMBER-FELLOW, noun One who sleeps in the same apartment.
CHAMBER-LYE
CHAMBER-LYE, noun Urine.
CHAMBER-MAID
CHAMBER-MAID,CHAMBER-MAID, noun A woman who has the care of chambers, making the beds, and cleaning the rooms, or who dresses a lady and waits upon her in her apartment.