Chasuble
Chas″u‐ble (?), n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa ...
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Chat
Chat (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n.Chatting.] [From Chatter. √22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Sha...
Chat (2)
Chat, v. t. To talk of.
Chat (3)
Chat, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.Pope.2. (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus ...
Chat (4)
Chat, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.2. pl.(Mining) Small stones with ore.Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine.
Chateau
‖Cha′teau″ (?), n.; pl.Chateux (#). [F. château a castle. See Castle.] 1. A castle or a fortress in France.2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's ...
Chatelaine
Chat″e‐laine (?), n. [F. châtelaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain.] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and havin...
Chatelet
Chat″e‐let (?), n. [F. châtelet, dim. of château. SeeCastle.] A little castle.
Chatellany
Chat″el‐la‐ny (?), n. [F. châtellenie.] Same as Castellany.
Chati
‖Cha′ti″ (?), n. [Cf. F. chat cat.] (Zoöl.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).
Chatoyant
Cha‐toy″ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be chatoyant, fr. chat cat.] (Min.) Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's e...
Chatoyant (2)
Cha‐toy″ant, n.(Min.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
Chatoyment
Cha‐toy″ment (?), n. [F. chatoiement. See Chatoyant.] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.
Chattel
Chat″tel (?), n. [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See Cattle.] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It i...
Chattelism
Chat″tel‐ism (?), n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.
Chatter
Chat″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Chattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i.Chitter.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, b...
Chatter (2)
Chat″ter, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.Begin his witless note apace to chatter.Spenser.
Chatter (3)
Chat″ter, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.Your words are but idle and empty chatter.Longfellow.2. Noise made b...
Chatter mark
Chat″ter mark′. (a) (Mach.) One of the fine undulations or ripples which are formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters. (b) (Geol.) A short crack on a rock ...
Chatteration
Chat‐ter‐a″tion (?), n. The act or habit of chattering.
Chatterer
Chat″ter‐er (?), n. 1. A prater; an idle talker.2. (Zoöl.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ — so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits...
Chattering
Chat″ter‐ing (?), n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
Chattiness
Chat″ti‐ness (?), n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
Chatty
Chat″ty (?), a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
Chatty (2)
‖Chat″ty, n. [Tamil shāti.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
Chatwood
Chat″wood′ (?), n. [Chat a little stick + wood.] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.
Chaud-medley
Chaud″–med′ley (?), n. [F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle.] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and wh...