Webster's Dictionary 1913

2863

Chaudron

Chau″dron (?), n. See Chawdron.

2864

Chauffer

Chauf″fer (?), n. [Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See Chafe.] (Chem.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a gr...

2865

Chauffeur

‖Chauf′feur″ (?), n. 1. [pl.] (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; — so called because they used to burn the feet of t...

2866

Chauffeuse

‖Chauf′feuse″ (?), n. [F., fem. of chauffeur.] A woman chauffeur.

2867

Chauldron

Chaul″dron (?), n. See Chawdron.

2868

Chaun

Chaun (?), n. A gap. Colgrave.

2869

Chaun (2)

Chaun, v. t. & i. To open; to yawn.O, chaun thy breast.Marston.

2870

Chaunt

Chaunt (?), n. & v. See Chant.

2871

Chaunter

Chaunt″er (?), n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.Dickens.3. The flute o...

2872

Chaunterie

Chaunt″er‐ie (?), n. See Chantry. Chaucer.

2873

Chaus

‖Cha″us (?), n.(Zoöl.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

2874

Chausses

‖Chausses (?), n. pl. The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts...

2875

Chaussure

‖Chaus′sure″ (?), n. A foot covering of any kind.

2876

Chautauqua system (of education)

Chau‐tau″qua sys″tem (of education) (?). The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the Methodist Episcopal bi...

2877

Chauvinism

Chau″vin‐ism (?), n. [F. chauvinisme, from Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1...

2878

Chavender

Chav″en‐der (?), n. [Cf. Cheven.] (Zoöl.) The chub. Walton.

2879

Chaw

Chaw (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chawing.] [See Chew.] 1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the ...

2880

Chaw (2)

Chaw, n. [See Chaw, v. t.] 1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.2. [Cf. Jaw.] The jaw. Spenser.Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) — Chaw tooth, ...

2881

Chawdron

Chaw″dron (?), n. [OF. chaudun, caudun, caldun; cf. G. kaldaunen guts, bowels, LL. calduna intestine, W. coluddyn gut, dim. of coludd bowels.] Entrails. [Written also chaudron, ...

2882

Chay root

Chay″ root′ (?). [Tamil shāya.] The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]

2883

Chazy epoch

Cha‐zy″ ep″och (?). (Geol.) An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; — so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diag...

2884

Cheap

Cheap (chēp), n. [AS. ceáp bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapn...

2885

Cheap (2)

Cheap, a. [Abbrev. fr. “good cheap”: a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon marché, à bon marché. See Cheap, n., Cheapen.] 1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or pric...

2886

Cheap (3)

Cheap, adv. Cheaply. Milton.

2887

Cheap (4)

Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. Chaucer.

2888

Cheap-jack

{ Cheap″–jack′ (?), Cheap″–john′ (?), } n. A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

2889

Cheapen

Cheap″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cheapened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ceápian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. k...