Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 50
Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
Syn: pernio.
Chilblain (v. t.) To produce chilblains upon.
Chilblain (n.) Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture [syn: chilblain, chilblains, pernio].
Children (n. pl. ) of Child
Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
Child (n.) A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
Child (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
Child (n.) A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. -- 1. Cor. xii. 11.
Child (n.) A female infant. [Obs.]
A boy or a child, I wonder? -- Shak.
To be with child, To be pregnant.
Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.
Childed (imp. & p. p.) of Child
Childing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Child
Child (v. i.) To give birth; to produce young.
This queen Genissa childing died. -- Warner.
It chanced within two days they childed both. -- Latimer.
Child (n.) A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling].
Child (n.) A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent].
Child (n.) An immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!" [syn: child, baby].
Child (n.) A member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel".
Daughter
child
successor
(Or "child", "successor") In a tree, a node pointed to by a parent, i.e. another node closer to the root node.
(1998-11-14)
Child, () This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture.
Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably about sixteen years of age (Gen. 37:3); and Benjamin is so called when he was above thirty years (44:20). Solomon called himself a little child when he came to the kingdom (1 Kings 3:7).
The descendants of a man, however remote, are called his children; as, "the children of Edom," "the children of Moab," "the children of Israel."
In the earliest times mothers did not wean their children till they were from thirty months to three years old; and the day on which they were weaned was kept as a festival day (Gen. 21:8; Ex. 2:7, 9; 1 Sam. 1:22-24; Matt. 21:16). At the age of five, children began to learn the arts and duties of life under the care of their fathers (Deut. 6:20-25; 11:19).
To have a numerous family was regarded as a mark of divine favour (Gen. 11:30; 30:1; 1 Sam. 2:5; 2 Sam. 6:23; Ps. 127:3; 128:3).
Figuratively the name is used for those who are ignorant or narrow-minded (Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor. 13:11). "When I was a child, I spake as a child." "Brethren, be not children in understanding" (1 Cor. 14:20). "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro" (Eph. 4:14).
Children are also spoken of as representing simplicity and humility (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17).
Believers are "children of light" (Luke 16:8; 1 Thess. 5:5) and "children of obedience" (1 Pet. 1:14).
CHILD, CHILDREN, () domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in relation to the father or mother.
CHILD, CHILDREN, () We will here consider the law, in general terms, as it relates to the condition, duties, and rights of children; and, afterwards, the extent which has been given to the word child or children by dispositions in wills and testaments.
CHILD, CHILDREN, () Children born in lawful wedlock, or within a competent time afterwards, are presumed to be the issue of the father, and follow his condition; those born out of lawful wedlock, follow the condition of the mother. The father is bound to maintain his children and to educate them, and to protect them from injuries. Children are, on their part, bound to maintain their fathers and mothers, when in need, and they are of ability so to do. Poth. Du Marriage, n. 384, 389. The father in general is entitled to the custody of minor children, but, under certain circumstances, the mother will be entitled to them, when the father and mother have separated. 5 Binn. 520. Children are liable to the reasonable correction of their parents. Vide Correction.
CHILD, CHILDREN, () The term children does not ordinarily and properly speaking comprehend grandchildren, or issue generally; yet sometimes that meaning is, affixed to it, in cases of necessity; 6 Co. 16; and it has been held to signify the same as issue, in cases where the testator, by using the terms children and issue indiscriminately, showed his intention to use the former term in the sense of issue, so as to entitle grandchildren, & c., to take under it. 1 Ves. sen. 196; Ambl. 555; 3 Ves. 258; Ambl. 661; 3 Ves. & Bea. 69. When legally construed, the term children is confined to legitimate children. 7 Ves. 458. The civil code of Louisiana, art. 2522, n. 14, enacts, that "under the, name of children are comprehended, not only children of the first degree, but the grandchildren, great-grand-children, and all other descendants in the direct line."
CHILD, CHILDREN, () Children are divided into legitimate children, or those born in lawful wedlock; and natural or illegitimate children, who are born bastards. (q.v.) Vide Natural Children. Illegitimate children are incestuous bastards, or those which are not incestuous.
CHILD, CHILDREN, () Posthumous children are those who are born after the death of their fathers. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. prel. t. 2, s. 1, Sec. 7 L. 3, Sec. 1, ff de inj. rupt.
CHILD, CHILDREN, () In Pennsylvania, the will of their fathers, in, which no provision is made for them, is revoked, as far as regards them, by operation of law. 3 Binn. R. 498. See, as to the law of Virginia on this subject, 3 Munf. 20, and article In ventre sa mere. Vide, generally, 8 Vin. Ab. 318; 8 Com. Dig. 470; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; 2 Kent, Com. 172; 4 Kent, Com. 408, 9; 1 Rop. on Leg. 45 to 76; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 442 Id. 158; Natural children.
Childbearing (n.) The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. -- Milton. Addison.
Childbearing (a.) Relating to or suitable for childbirth; "of childbearing age".
Childbearing (n.) The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth].
Childbed (n.) 分娩 The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.
Childbed (n.) Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed].
Childbirth (n.) 分娩 The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. -- Jer. Taylor.
Childbirth (n.) The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth].
Childcare (n.) A service involving care for other people's children [syn: {childcare}, {child care}].
Childcare (n.) [ U ] 兒童保育，兒童照管 Care for children provided by either the government, an organization, or a person, while parents are at work or are absent for another reason.
// What childcare facilities does your company offer?
// Without the adequate provision of childcare, many women who wish to work are unable to do so.
Compare: Spasmodic
Spasmodic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.
Spasmodic (a.) Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.
Spasmodic croup (Med.), An affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also laryngismus stridulus, and childcrowing.
Spasmodic stricture, A stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See Organic stricture, under Organic.
Childcrowing (n.) (Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.
Childe (n.) A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.
Childed (a.) Furnished with a child.
Childermas day () A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
Childhood (n.) 幼年時期，童年時期 [U] [C] The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
I have walked before you from my childhood. --1. Sam. xii. 2.
Childhood (n.) Children, taken collectively. [R.]
The well-governed childhood of this realm. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Childhood (n.) The commencement; the first period.
The childhood of our joy. -- Shak.
Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.
Childhood (n.) The time of person's life when they are a child.
Childhood (n.) The state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn: childhood, puerility].
Childing (v. i.) Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful.
Childish (a.) Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
Childish (a.) Puerile; trifling; weak.
Childishly (adv.) In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
Childishness (n.) The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
Childlessness (n.) The state of being childless.
Childlike (a.) Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.
Childly (a.) Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.
Childly (adv.) Like a child.
Childness (n.) The manner characteristic of a child.
Children (n.) pl. of Child.
Childship (n.) The state or relation of being a child.
Chili (n.) A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum
Chiliad (n.) A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.
Chiliagon (n.) A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides.
Chiliahedron (n.) A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces
Chilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Chili.
Chilian (n.) A native or citizen of Chili.
Chilian (n.) Alt. of Chiliarch
Chiliarch (n.) The commander or chief of a thousand men.
Chiliarchy (n.) A body consisting of a thousand men.
Chiliasm (n.) The millennium.
Chiliasm (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.
Chiliast (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.
Chiliastic (a.) Millenarian.
Chill (n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
Chill (n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.
Chill (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly.
Chill (n.) An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.
Chill (a.) Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
Chill (a.) Affected by cold.
Chill (a.) Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
Chill (a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
Chilled (imp. & p. p.) of Chill
Chilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chill
Chill (v. t.) To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Chill (v. t.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
Chill (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Chilled (a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.
Chilled (a.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."
Chilli (n.) See Chili.
Chilliness (n.) A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Chilliness (n.) A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.
Chilliness (n.) Formality; lack of warmth.
Chilling (a.) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
Chillness (n.) Coolness; coldness; a chill.
Chilly (a.) Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.
Chilognath (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.
Chilognath (n.) Any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
Chilognath (n.) (Zool.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.
Chilognatha (n. pl.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together.
Chiloma (n.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.
Chilopod (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.
Chilopoda (n. pl.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.
Chilopoda (n. pl.) A class of arthropods comprising the centipedes.
Chilopodan (a. or n.)
Chilostoma (n. pl.) Alt. of Chilostomata
Chilostomata (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells.
Chilostomatous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.
Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.
Chimaeroid (a.) Related to, or like, the chimaera.
Chimango () A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.
Chimb (n.) The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3.
Chimb (v. i.) Chime.
Chime (n.) See Chine, n., 3.
Chime (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
Chime (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
Chimed (imp. & p. p.) of Chime
Chiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chime
Chime (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
Chime (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
Chime (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
Chime (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
Chime (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
Chime (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Chimer (n.) One who chimes.
Chimeras (n. pl. ) of Chimera
Chimera (n.) (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles." -- Milton.