Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 38
Chaconne (n.) (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.
Compare: Shad
Shad (n. sing. & pl.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad ({Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important species. [Written also chad.]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard), called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter shad.
Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, The menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, The mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, One of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), A name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier ({Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries.
The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad+frog,+An+American+spotted+frog+({Rana+halecina"> Shad frog, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, The squeteague.
White shad, The common shad.
Chad (n.) See Shad. [Obs.]
Chad (n.) A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape.
Chad (n.) A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river [syn: Lake Chad, Chad].
Chad (n.) A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 [syn: Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad].
Chad (n.) A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa [syn: Chad, Chadic, Chadic language].
Chad (n.) [Common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion. Also called selvage, perf, and ripoff.
Chad (n.) The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape; this has also been called chaff, computer confetti, and keypunch droppings. It's reported that this was very old Army slang (associated with teletypewriters before the computer era), and has been occasionally sighted in directions for punched-card vote tabulators long after it passed out of live use among computer programmers in the late 1970s. This sense of ?chad? returned to the mainstream during the finale of the hotly disputed U.S. presidential election in 2000 via stories about the Florida vote recounts. Note however that in the revived mainstream usage chad is not a mass noun and ?a chad? is a single piece of the stuff.
There is an urban legend that chad (sense 2) derives from the Chadless keypunch (named for its inventor), which cut little u-shaped tabs in the card to make a hole when the tab folded back, rather than punching out a circle/rectangle; it was clear that if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be ?chad?. However, serious attempts to track down ?Chadless? as a personal name or U.S. trademark have failed, casting doubt on this etymology ? and the U.S. Patent Classification System uses ?chadless? (small c) as an adjective, suggesting that ?chadless? derives from ?chad? and not the other way around. There is another legend that the word was originally acronymic, standing for ?Card Hole Aggregate Debris?, but this has all the earmarks of a backronym. It has also been noted that the word ?chad? is Scots dialect for gravel, but nobody has proposed any plausible reason that card chaff should be thought of as gravel. None of these etymologies is really plausible. [74-12-31]
This is one way to be chadless.
Chad
Perf
Selvage
Snaf, () The perforated edge strips on paper for sprocket feed printers, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
The term perf may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn.
[Why
"snaf"?]
Chad
Perf
Selvage
Snaf, () The confetti-like bits punched out of punched cards or paper tape which collected in the chad box.
One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that "chad" derived from the chadless keypunch.
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Chaetetes (prop. n.) (Zool.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.
Chaetiferous (a.) (Zool.) Bearing setae.
Chaetodont (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.
Chaetodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.
Chaetognath (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
Chaetognatha (n. pl.) (Zool) A phylum consisting of the arrowworms, a group of small active transparent free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
Syn: phylum Chaetognatha.
Chaetognatha (n.) Arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms [syn: Chaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha].
Chaetopod (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the Chaetopoda.
Chaetopod (n.) One of the Chaetopoda.
Compare: Annelida
Annelida (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs.
The principal subdivisions are the Ch[ae]topoda, including the Oligoch[ae]ta or earthworms and Polych[ae]ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Ch[ae]topoda.
Chaetopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.
Chaetotaxy (n.) (Zool.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chafe.
Chafing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Chafe.
Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. -- Spenser.
Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him. -- Shak.
Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Made its great boughs chafe together. -- Longfellow.
The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. -- Shak.
Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. -- Spenser.
He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. -- Shak.
Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.
Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.
Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. -- Camden.
Chafe (n.) Soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee."
Chafe (n.) Anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance, chafe, vexation].
Chafe (v.) Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall, fret].
Chafe (v.) Feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation."
Chafe (v.) Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil].
Chafe (v.) Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate].
Chafe (v.) Cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch].
Chafe (v.) Warm by rubbing, as with the hands.
Chafer (n.) One who chafes.
Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. -- Baker.
Chafer (n.) (Zool.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
Compare: Cockchafer
Cockchafer (n.) [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zool.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle. Cockcrow
Cockchafer (n.) Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult [syn: cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha].
Chafery (v. t.) (Iron Works) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars. Chafewax
Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwax.
Chaffwax (n.) (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
Chafeweed (n.) (Bot.) The cudweed ({Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
Chafeweed (n.) Weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike [syn: chafeweed, wood cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum].
Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. -- Dryden.
Old birds are not caught with caff. -- Old Proverb.
Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
The chaff and ruin of the times. -- Shak.
Chaff (n.) Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. -- Ywatt.
Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Chaff (n.) (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower. -- Gray.
Chaff cutter, A machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle.
Chaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaff.
Chaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaff.
Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. -- Thackeray.
A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. -- C. Kingsley.
Chaff (n.) Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble].
Chaff (n.) Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure.
Chaff (v.) Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter].
Chaff, () The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).
Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.
Chaffer (n.) Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] -- Holished.
Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffer.
Chaffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaffer.
Chaffer (v. i.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
To chaffer for preferments with his gold. -- Dryden.
Chaffer (v. i.) To talk much and idly; to chatter. -- Trench.
Chaffer (v. t.) To buy or sell; to trade in.
He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. -- Spenser.
Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words. -- Spenser.
Chaffer (v.) Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster].
Chaffer (v.) Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit].
Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.
Chaffern (n.) A vessel for heating water. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Chaffinch (n.) (Zool.) A bird of Europe ({Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
Chaffinch (n.) Small European finch with a cheerful song [syn: chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs].
Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.
Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.
Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.
Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.
Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. -- Coleridge.
Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.
Slight and chaffy opinion. -- Glanvill.
Chaffy (a.) (Bot.) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.
Chaffy (a.) (Bot.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
Chaffy (a.) Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff [syn: chaffy, chafflike].
Chaffy (a.) Value; "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow."
Chafing (v. t.) The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.
Chafing dish, A dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals.
Chafing gear (Naut.), Any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.
Chafing (n.) Soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction.
Chagreen (n.) See Shagreen.
Chagrin (n.) Vexation; mortification.
I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. -- Richard Porson.
Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. -- Pope.
Syn: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet.
Usage: Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words agree in the general sense of pain produced by untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc.
Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly from our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two." -- Crabb.
Chagrined (imp. & p. p.) of Chagrin.
Chargrining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chagrin.
Chagrin (v. t.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
Chagrin (v. i.) To be vexed or annoyed. -- Fielding.
Chagrin (a.) Chagrined. -- Dryden.
Chagrin (n.) Strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, humiliation, mortification].
Chagrin (v.) Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase].
Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
[They] put a chain of gold about his neck. -- Dan. v. 29.
Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. -- Milton.
Chain (n.) A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
Chain (n.) (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre.
Chain (n.) pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
Chain (n.) (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. -- Knight.
Chain belt (Mach.), A belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power.
Chain boat, A boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc.
Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side.
Chain bolt (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position.
Chain bond. See Chain timber.
Chain bridge, A bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge.
Chain cable, A cable made of iron links.
Chain coral (Zool.), A fossil coral of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks.
The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.
Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object.
Chain coupling. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain.
Chain gang, A gang of convicts chained together.
Chain hook (Naut.), A hook, used for dragging cables about the deck.
Chain mail, Flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment.
Chain molding (Arch.), A form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style.
Chain pier, A pier suspended by chain.
Chain pipe (Naut.), An opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers.
Chain plate (Shipbuilding), One of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened.
Chain pulley, A pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain.
Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary.
Chain rule (Arith.), A theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered.
Chain shot (Mil.), Two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging.
Chain stitch. See in the Vocabulary.
Chain timber. (Arch.) See Bond timber, under Bond.
Chain wales. (Naut.) Same as Channels.
Chain wheel. See in the Vocabulary.
Closed
chain, Open
chain (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds
whose rational formul[ae] are written respectively in the form of a
closed ring (see Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), or in an
open extended
form.
Endless chain, A chain whose ends have been united by a link.
Chained (imp. p. p.) of Chain.
Chaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chain.
Chain (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Chained behind the hostile car. -- Prior.
Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? -- Pope.
Chain (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly.
And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. -- Shak.
Chain (v. t.) (Surveying) To measure with the chain.
Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
Chain (n.) A series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation].
Chain (n.) (Chemistry) A series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain].
Chain (n.) A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament.
Chain (n.) (Business) A number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership.
Chain (n.) Anything that acts as a restraint.
Chain (n.) A unit of length.
Chain (n.) British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain].
Chain (n.) A series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains].
Chain (n.) A linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies."
Chain (n.) A necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand].
Chain (v.) Connect or arrange into a chain by linking.
Chain (v.) Fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" [ant: unchain].
Chain (v. i.) [orig. from BASIC's CHAIN statement] To hand off execution to a child or successor without going through the OS command interpreter that invoked it. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited micros and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, most Unix programmers will think of this as an exec. Oppose the more modern subshell.
Chain (n.) A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application. Chain rattling is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest to the executing program. The implication is that there is a very large number of links on the chain.
Chain, () (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To pass control to a child or successor without going through the operating system command interpreter that invoked you.
The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec.
Compare with the more modern "{subshell".
Chain, () A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application program. "Chain rattling" is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest. The implication is that there are many links in the chain.
Chain, () A possibly infinite, non-decreasing sequence of elements of some total ordering, S x0 <= x1 <= x2 ...
A chain satisfies: for all x,y in S, x <= y \/ y <= x. I.e. any two elements of a chain are related.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
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Chain, () A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); and one was promised to Daniel (5:7). It is used as a symbol of sovereignty (Ezek. 16:11). The breast-plate of the high-priest was fastened to the ephod by golden chains (Ex. 39:17, 21).
Chain, () It was used as an ornament (Prov. 1:9; Cant. 1:10). The Midianites adorned the necks of their camels with chains (Judg. 8:21, 26).
Chain, () Chains were also used as fetters wherewith prisoners were bound (Judg. 16:21; 2 Sam. 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jer. 39:7). Paul was in this manner bound to a Roman soldier (Acts 28:20; Eph. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:16). Sometimes, for the sake of greater security, the prisoner was attached by two chains to two soldiers, as in the case of Peter (Acts 12:6).
Chainless (a.) Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." -- Byron.
Chainlet (n.) A small chain. -- Sir W. Scott.
Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.
Compare: Stitch
Stitch (n.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Stitch (n.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
Stitch (n.) [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
You have gone a good stitch. -- Bunyan.
In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. -- Holland.
Stitch (n.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. -- Bp. Burnet.
Stitch (n.) A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. -- Marston.
Stitch (n.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
Stitch (n.) A furrow. -- Chapman.
Stitch (n.) An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.
Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.
Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
Chain stitch () (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.
Chain stitch (n.) The most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop.
Chain stitch (n.) A looped stitch resembling the links of a chain; used in embroidery and in sewing.
Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
Chainwork (n.) Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
Chair (n.) A movable single seat with a back.
Chair (n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
The chair of a philosophical school. -- Whewell.
A chair of philology. -- M. Arnold.
Chair (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
Chair (n.) A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. -- Shak.
Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. -- Pope.
Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Chair days, Days of repose and age.
To put into the chair, To elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. -- Macaulay.
To take the chair, To assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
Chaired (imp. & p. pr.) of Chair.
Chairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chair.
Chair (v. t.) To place in a chair.
Chair (v. t.) To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
Chair (v. t.) To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
Chair (n.) A seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down."
Chair (n.) The position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" [syn: professorship, chair].
Chair (n.) The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson].
Chair (n.) An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat].
Chair (n.) A particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin."
Chair (v.) Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair, chairman].
Chair (v.) Preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate, chair, lead].
Chairmen (n. pl. ) of Chairman.
Chairman (n.) 主席，會長 The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
Chairman (n.) One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. -- Prior.
Chairman (n.) The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson].
Chairman (v.) Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair, chairman].
Chairman. () The presiding officer of a committee; as, chairman of the committee of ways and means.
The person selected to preside over a popular meeting, is also called a chairman or moderator.
Chairman (n.) [ C ] (plural - men) (also chair, chairperson) （會議或組織的）主席，委員長，主持人 A person in charge of a meeting or organization.
Chairmanship (n.) The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
Chairmanship (n.) The position of chairman.
Chaise (n.) A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces.
It is usually drawn by one horse.