CHAMPING
CHAMPING, participle passive Biting with repeated action.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHAMPING, participle passive Biting with repeated action.
CHAMPION, noun1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.2. A man who fights in his own cause in a duel.3. A hero; a brave warrior. Hence, one who is bold...
CHAMPIONESS, noun A female champion.
CHAN-CRE, noun A venereal ulcer.
CHAN-CROUS, adjective Ulcerous; having the qualities of a chancer.
CHANCE, noun1. An event that happens, falls out or takes place, without being contrived, intended, expected or foreseen; the effect of an unknown cause, or the unusual or unexpe...
CHANCE-COMER, noun One who comes unexpectedly.
CHANCE-MEDLEY, noun In law, the killing of a person by chance, when the killer is doing a lawful act; for if he is doing an unlawful act, it is felony. As if a man, when throwin...
CHANCEABLE, adjective Accidental; casual; fortuitous.
CHANCEFUL, adjective Hazardous.
CHANCEL, noun That part of the choir of a church, between the altar or communion table and the balustrade or railing that incloses it, or that part where the altar is placed; fo...
CHANCELLOR, noun Ordinally, a chief notary or scribe, under the Roman Emperors; but in England, in later times, an officer invested with judicial powers, and particularly with t...
CHANCELLORSHIP, noun The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.
CHANCERY, noun1. In Great Britain, the highest court of justice, next to the parliament, consisting of two distinct tribunals; one ordinary, being a court of common law; the oth...
CHANDELIER, noun1. A Frame with branches to hold a number of candles, to illuminate a public or large room.2. In fortification, a movable parapet, serving to support fascines to...
CHANDLER, noun An artisan whose trade is to make candles, or one who sells candles.In America, I believe the word never signifies a seller of candles, unless he is the maker. A ...
CHANDLERLY, adjective Like a chandler.
CHANDLERY, noun The place where candles are kept.
CHANGE, verb transitive1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence; as, to change the color or sh...
CHANGEABILITY, noun Changeableness, which is generally used.
CHANGEABLE, adjective1. That may change; subject to alteration; fickle; inconstant; mutable; variable; as a person of a changeable mind.2. Having the quality of suffering altera...
CHANGEABLENESS, noun1. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; instability; mutability.2. Susceptibility of change, or alteration.
CHANGEABLY, adverb Inconstantly.
CHANGED, participle passive Altered; varied; turned; converted; shifted.
CHANGEFUL, adjective Full of change; inconstant; mutable; fickle; uncertain; subject to alteration.
CHANGELESS, adjective Constant; not admitting alteration.
CHANGELING, noun1. A child left or taken in the place of another.2. An idiot; a fool.3. One apt to change; a waverer.4. Any thing changed and put in the place of another.