CHINED
CHINED, adjective Pertaining to the back.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHINESE
CHINESE, adjective Pertaining to China.CHINESE, noun sing. and plural A native of China; also, the language of China.
CHINGLE
CHINGLE, noun Gravel free from dirt. [See Shingle.]
CHINK
CHINK, noun A small aperture lengthwise; a cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as the chinks of a wall.CHINK, verb intransitive To crack; to...
CHINKAPIN
CHINKAPIN, noun The dwarf chestnut, Fagus pumila, a tree that rises eight or ten feet, with a branching shrubby stem, producing a nut.
CHINKY
CHINKY, adjective Full of chinks, or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.
CHINNED
CHINNED, adjective Having a long chin.
CHINSE
CHINSE, verb transitive In naval affairs, to thrust oakum into the seams or chinks of a ship with a chisel or point of a knife, as a temporary expedient for calking.
CHINTS
CHINTS, noun Cotton cloth, printed with more than two colors.
CHIOPPINE
CHIOPPINE, noun A high shoe, formerly worn by ladies.
CHIP
CHIP, CHEAP, CHIPPING, in the names of places, imply a market; from Sax. Ceapan, cypan, to buy or sell. [See Cheap.]CHIP, noun1. A piece of wood or other substance, separated fr...
CHIP-AX
CHIP-AX, noun An ax for chipping.
CHIPPED
CHIPPED, participle passive Cut in chips, or small pieces; hewed.
CHIPPING
CHIPPING, noun1. A chip; a piece cut off or separated by a cutting or engraving instrument; a fragment.2. The flying or breaking off in small pieces, of the edges of potters war...
CHIRAGRICAL
CHIRAGRICAL, adjective Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease.
CHIRK
CHIRK, adjective Lively; cheerful; in god spirits; in a comfortable state.CHIRK, verb intransitive To chirp.
CHIRM
CHIRM, verb intransitive To sing as a bird.
CHIROGRAPH
CHIROGRAPH, noun1. Anciently a deed, which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written chirograph th...
CHIROGRAPHER
CHIROGRAPHER, noun [See Chirograph.] He that exercises or professes the art or business of writing. In England, the chirographer of fines is an officer in the common pleas, who ...
CHIROGRAPHIC
CHIROGRAPHIC,CHIROGRAPHICAL, adjective Pertaining to chirography.
CHIROGRAPHICAL
CHIROGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to chirography.
CHIROGRAPHIST
CHIROGRAPHIST, noun One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.
CHIROGRAPHY
CHIROGRAPHY, noun [See Chirograph.] The art of writing, or a writing with ones own hand.
CHIROLOGICAL
CHIROLOGICAL, adjective Pertaining to chirology.
CHIROLOGIST
CHIROLOGIST, noun One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.
CHIROLOGY
CHIROLOGY, noun [See Chirologist.] The art or practice of communicating thoughts by signs made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for language or discourse, much used by the...
CHIROMANCER
CHIROMANCER, noun [See Chiromancy.] One who attempts to foretell future events, or to tell the fortunes and dispositions of persons, by inspecting the hands.