Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 49
Chevrotain (n.) (Zool.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
Chevrotain (n.) Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa [syn: chevrotain, mouse deer].
Chevy (v. t.) See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.]
One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. -- London Times.
Chivvy (v.) Same as chivy. [Also spelled chivy, chevy, and chevvy.]
Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
Chivy (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to. [Slang, Eng.] [Also spelled chivvy, chevy, and chevvy.] -- Dickens.
Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
Chevy (v.) Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke].
Chewed (imp. & p. p.) of Chew.
Chewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chew.
Chew (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
Chew (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. -- Prior.
To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.
Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. -- Deut. xxiv. 6.
Chew (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. old politicians chew wisdom past. -- Pope.
Chew (n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law]
Chew (n.) A wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad].
Chew (n.) Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction].
Chew (v.) Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw].
Chewer (n.) One who chews.
Chewet (n.) A kind of meat pie.
Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.
Cheyenne, Wyoming (n.) Cheyenne夏安（英語：Cheyenne）是美國懷俄明州的首府，也是該州最大的城市和拉勒米郡的郡治所在。人口53,011（2000年），其中白人占88.11%、非裔美國人占2.78%、亞裔美國人占1.06%。 Is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County.[7] It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population was 59,466 at the 2010 census.[8] Cheyenne is the northern terminus of the extensive and fast-growing Front Range Urban Corridor that stretches from Cheyenne to Pueblo, Colorado, and has a population of 4,333,742 according to the 2010 United States Census.[3][9] Cheyenne is situated on Crow Creek and Dry Creek. The Cheyenne, Wyoming Metropolitan Area had a 2010 population of 91,738, making it the 354th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
Cheyennes (n. pl.) A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.
Chian (a.) Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
Chiaroscurist (n.) A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
Chiaroscuro (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro.
Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.
Chiasm (n.) Alt. of Chiasma.
Chiasma (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.
Chiasmus (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
Chiastolite (n.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.
Chibbal (n.) See Cibol.
Chibouque (n.) Alt. of Chibouk.
Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.
Chic (n.) Good form; style.
Chica (n.) [Sp.] A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
Chica (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
Chicane (v. t.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. -- Burke.
Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. --Prior.
To shuffle from them by chicane. -- Burke.
To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. -- Berkeley.
Chicane (n.) (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
Chicaner (n.) One who uses chicanery. -- Locke.
Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Irritated by perpetual chicanery. -- Hallam.
Syn: Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
Chiccory (n.) See Chicory.
Chiches (n. pl. ) of Chich.
Chich (n.) (Bot.) The chick-pea.
Chicha (n.) [Sp.] See Chica.
Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. Chichling
Chichling (n.) Alt. of Chichling vetch.
Chichling vetch (n.) (Bot.)A leguminous plant ({Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.
Chick (v. i.) To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. -- Chalmers.
Chick (n.) A chicken.
Chick (n.) A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. -- Shak.
Chick (n.) A young woman; -- often considered offensive. [slang]
Chickabiddy (n.) A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.
Chickadee (n.) (Zool.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse ({Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.
Chickaree (n.) (Zool.) Red squirrel ({Tamiasciurus Hudsonius"> The American red squirrel ({Tamiasciurus Hudsonius, formerly Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.
Chickasaws (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.
Chicken (n.) A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
Chicken (n.) A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken. "Stella is no chicken." -- Swift.
Chicken cholera, A contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.
Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
Chicken-hearted (a.) Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. -- Bunyan.
Chicken pox () (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.
Chickling (n.) A small chick or chicken. Chicle
Chick-pea (n.) (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant ({Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.
Chick-pea (n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.
Chickweed (n.) (Bot.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.
Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.
Chicory (n.) (Bot.) A branching perennial plant ({Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.
Chicory (n.) The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.
Chide (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at. -- Shak.
Chide (v. t.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England. -- Shak.
To chide hither, To chide from, or To chide away, To cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.
Chide (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. -- Ex. xvii. 2.
Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. -- Shak.
Chide (n.) A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams. -- Thomson.
Chide (v.) Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast].
Chider (n.) One who chides or quarrels. -- Shak.
Chideress (n.) She who chides. [Obs.]
Chidester (n.) A female scold. [Obs.]
Chidester, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 335
Housing Units (2000): 182
Land area (2000): 5.329357 sq. miles (13.802971 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.329357 sq. miles (13.802971 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13750
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 33.701331 N, 93.023349 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Chidester, AR
Chidester
Chidingly (adv.) In a chiding or reproving manner.
Chief (n.) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.
Chief (n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.
The chief of the things which should be utterly destroyed. -- 1 Sam. xv. 21
Chief (n.) (Her.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.
In chief. (a) At the head; as, a commander in chief.
In chief. (b) (Eng. Law) From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king.
Syn: Chieftain; captain; general; commander; leader; head; principal; sachem; sagamore; sheik.
Usage: Chief, chieftain, Commander, Leader. These words fluctuate somewhat in their meaning according to circumstances, but agree in the general idea of rule and authority. The term chief is now more usually applied to one who is a head man, leader, or commander in civil or military affairs, or holds a hereditary or acquired rank in a tribe or clan; as, the chief of police; the chief of an Indian tribe. A chieftain is the chief of a clan or tribe, or a military leader. A commander directs the movements of or has control over a body of men, as a military or naval force. A leader is one whom men follow, as in a political party, a legislative body, a military or scientific expedition, etc., one who takes the command and gives direction in particular enterprises.
Chief (a.) Highest in office or rank; principal; head. "Chief rulers." -- John. xii. 42.
Chief (a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.
Chief (a.) Very intimate, near, or close. [Obs.]
A whisperer separateth chief friends. -- Prov. xvi. 28.
Syn: Principal; head; leading; main; paramount; supreme; prime; vital; especial; great; grand; eminent; master.
Chief (a.) Most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)].
Chief (n.) A person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" [syn: head, chief, top dog].
Chief (n.) A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss].
Chief (n.) The head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief].
Chief, principal. One who is put above the rest; as, chief magistrate chief justice : it also signifies the best of a number of things. It is frequently used in composition.
Chief (a.) [ Before noun ] (Most important) (B2) 首要的；最重要的；最主要的 Most important or main.
// The chief problem we have in the area now is the spread of disease.
// The weather was our chief reason for coming here.
Chief (a.) [ Before noun ] (Person in charge) (B2) 最高級別的；首席的 Highest in rank.
// The chief fire officer/ accountant.
Chief (n.) [ C ] (B2) 領導人；首領；頭目；酋長 The person in charge of a group or organization, or the ruler of a tribe.
// A police chief.
// A new chief of the security forces has just been appointed.
// [ As form of address ] (UK humorous) Can you sign this form for me, chief?
Phrasal verb: Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians (Informal) 官多兵少；將多兵少；動嘴的多，動手的少 Too many managers and not enough people to do the work.
Chiefage (n.) A tribute by the head; a capitation tax.
Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.
Chiefest (a.) First or foremost; chief; principal.
Chief hare () A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
Chief justice () The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
Chief-justiceship (n.) The office of chief justice.
Chiefless (a.) Without a chief or leader.
Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. -- Milton.
Chiefly (adv.) For the most part; mostly.
Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. -- Swift.
Chiefly (adv.) For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main].
Chiefrie (n.) A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Chieftain (n.) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
Syn: Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief. Chieftaincy
Chieftain (n.) The leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain].
Chieftain (n.) The head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief].
Chieftaincy (n.) Alt. of Chieftainship.
Chieftainship (n.) The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
Chietla Municipality (n.) 切特拉自治市 Chietla Municipality is a municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]
Chierte (n.) Love; tender regard. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Chievance (n.) An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Chieve (v. i.) See Cheve, v. i. [Obs.]
Chiff-chaff (n.) (Zool.) A species of European warbler ({Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
Chiffonier (n.) Alt. of Chiffonire.
Chiffo (n.) Alt. of Chiffonier.
Chiffonier (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
Chiffonier (n.) A receptacle for rags or shreds.
Chiffonier (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. -- G. Eliot.
Chiffonier (n.) A tall elegant chest of drawers [syn: chiffonier, commode].
Chignon (n.) A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head.
A curl that had strayed from her chignon. -- H. James. Chigoe
Chignon (n.) A roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.
Chigoe (n.) Alt. of Chigre.
Chigre (n.) (Zool.) A species of flea ({Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.]
Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.
Compare: Chigger
Chigger (n.) A small tropical flea ({Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans); same as chigoe. [Also spelled chigre.]
Syn: chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans.
Chigger (n.) A larval mite of the family Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings, causing intense irritation, and serving to transmit several infectious diseases.
Syn: harvest mite, jigger, redbug.
Chikara (n.) [Hind.] (Zool.) The goat antelope ({Tragops Bennettii) of India.
Chikara (n.) [Hind.] (Zool.) The Indian four-horned antelope ({Tetraceros quadricornis). Chilblain