Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 52
Chirk (v. i.) Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]
Chirk (v.) Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
Chirm (n.) [AS. cirm, cyrm.] Noise; din; esp.; confused noise, clamor, or hum of many voices, notes of birds, or the like.
Chirm (v. i.) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.] -- Huloet.
Chirognomy (n.) 手相術；觀掌術 The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
Chirograph (n.) (Old. Law) 証書；親筆証書 A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a {charter party}.
Chirograph (n.) (Old. Law) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. -- Bouvier.
Chirograph (n.), Conveyancing. Signifies a deed or public instrument in writing. Chirographs were anciently attested by the subscription and crosses of witnesses; afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealments, deeds of mutual covenant were made in a script and rescript, or in a part and counterpart; and in the middle, between the two copies, they drew the capital letters of the alphabet, and then tallied, or cut asunder in an indented manner, the sheet or skin of parchment, one of which parts being delivered to each of the parties, were proved authentic by matching with and answering to one another. Deeds thus made were denominated syngrapha, by the canonists, because that word, instead of the letters of the alphabet, or the word chirographum, was used. 2 Bl. Com. 296. This method of preventing counterfeiting, or of detecting counterfeits, is now used by having some ornament or some word engraved or printed at one end of certificates of stocks, checks, and a variety of other instruments, which are bound up in a book, and after they are executed, are cut asunder through such ornament or word.
Chirograph (n.) Chirograph is also the last part of, a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. It is an instrument of writing beginning with these. words: "This is the final agreement," &c. It includes the whole matter, reciting the parties, day, year and place, and before Whom the fine was acknowledged and levied. Cruise, Dig. tit. 35, c. 2, s. 52. Vide Chambers' Diet. h.t.; Encyclopaedia Americana, Charter; Encyclopedie de D'Alembert, h.t.; Pothier, Pand. tom. xxii. p. 73.
Chirographer (n.) 書法家 One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.
Chirographer (n.) See {chirographist}, 2.
{Chirographer of fines} (Old Eng. Law), An officer in the court of common pleas, who engrossed fines. Chirographic
Chirographer (n.) A word derived from the Greek, which signifies "a writing with a man's hand." A chirographer is an officer of the English court of C. P.who engrosses the fines, and delivers the indentures of them to the parties, &c.
Chirographic (a.) Alt. of Chirographical.
Chirographical (a.) Of or pertaining to chirography.
Chirographist (n.) A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.
Chirographist (n.) One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.
Chirography (n.) 書體；筆法；筆跡 The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.
Chirography (n.) The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.
Chirography (n.) Beautiful handwriting [syn: {calligraphy}, {penmanship}, {chirography}]
Chirogymnast (n.) A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.
Chirological (a.) Relating to chirology.
Chirologist (n.) One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.
Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.
Chirology (n.) Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology].
Chiromancer (n.) One who practices chiromancy. -- Dryden.
Chiromancer (n.) Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms [syn: palmist, palmister, chiromancer].
Chiromancy (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry. Chiromanist
Chiromancy (n.) Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology].
Chiromanist (n.) Alt. of Chiromantist.
Chiromantist (n.) A chiromancer. Chiromantic
Chiromantic (a.) Alt. of Chiromantical.
Chiromantical (a.) Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
Chiromantic (a.) Of or relating to palmistry.
Chiromonic (a.) Relating to chironomy.
Chironomy (n.) The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture. [Obs.]
Chiroplast (n.) (Mus.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
Chiropodist (n.) One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.
Chiropodist (n.) A specialist in care for the feet [syn: chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist].
Chiropody (n.) The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.
Chiropody (n.) The branch of medicine concerned with the feet [syn: podiatry, chiropody].
Chiroptera (n. pl.) (Zoology) 【動】翼手目 An order of mammals that comprises the bats.
Compare: Cheiroptera
Cheiroptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) 【動】翼手目 An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Chiroptera and Bat. [archaic]
Chiroptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) An ancient order of mammalia dating to the early Eocene, including the bats. They are nocturnal mouselike mammals having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they form membranous wings that can be used in flying. They also have anatomical adaptations, including large ears, for echolocation, by which they navigate and in some cases find insects. The order includes the suborders Megachiroptera (the fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats). See Bat. Previously spelled cheiroptera. [archaic]
Chiroptera (n.) An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) [syn: Chiroptera, order Chiroptera].
Chirosophist (n.) A fortune teller.
Chirped (imp. & p. p.) of Chirp.
Chirping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chirp.
Chirp (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.
Chirp (n.) A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. "The chirp of flitting bird." -- Bryant.
Chirp (n.) A sharp sound made by small birds or insects.
Chirp (v.) Make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup].
Chirp (v.) Sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp].
Chirper (n.) One who chirps, or is cheerful.
Chirping (a.) Cheering; enlivening.
He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. -- Pope.
Chirpingly (adv.) In a chirping manner.
Chirre (v. i.) To coo, as a pigeon. [Obs.]
Chirrup (n.) The act of chirping; a chirp.
The sparrows' chirrup on the roof. -- Tennyson.
Chirruped (imp. & p. p.) of Chirrup.
Chirruping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chirrup.
Chirrup (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
Chirrup (v. i.) To chirp. -- Tennyson.
The criket chirrups on the hearth. -- Goldsmith.
Chirrup (n.) A series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter].
Chirrup (v.) Make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup].
Chirrupy (a.) Cheerful; joyous; chatty.
Chirurgeon (n.) A surgeon. [Obs.]
Chirurgeonly (adv.) Surgically. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Chirurgery (n.) Surgery. [Obs.] Chirurgic
Chirurgic (a.) Alt. of Chirurgical.
Chirurgical (a.) Surgical [Obs.] "Chirurgical lore" -- Longfellow.
Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
Cold chisel. See under Cold, a.
Chiseled (imp. & p. p.) of Chisel.
Chiselled () of Chisel.
Chiseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chisel.
Chiselling () of Chisel.
Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.
Chisel (v. t.) To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]
Chisel (n.) An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge.
Chisel (v.) Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" [syn: cheat, chisel].
Chisel (v.) Deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" [syn: cheat, rip off, chisel].
Chisel (v.) Carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble".
CHISEL, () An extension of C for VLSI design, implemented as a C preprocessor. It produces CIF as output.
["CHISEL - An Extension to the Programming language C for VLSI Layout", K. Karplus, PHD Thesis, Stanford U, 1982].
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Chisleu, () The name adopted from the Babylonians by the Jews after the Captivity for the third civil, or ninth ecclesiastical, month (Neh. 1:1; Zech. 7:1). It corresponds nearly with the moon in November.
Chisleu, () Cisleu, Casleu, rashness; confidence
Chisleu (n.) The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.
Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. -- Gardner.
Chit (n.) The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
Chit (n.) A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
A little chit of a woman. -- Thackeray.
Chit (n.) An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
Chit (n.) A small tool used in cleaving laths. -- Knight. Chit
Chit, Chitty (n.) A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.
Chit, Chitty (n.) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]
Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.
I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. -- Mortimer.
Chit (3d pers. sing.) of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Chit (n.) A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit".
Chit (n.) The bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab].
Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Chitchat (n.) Light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie].
Chitchat (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].
Chitin (n.) (Chem.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.
Chitin (n.) A tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi.
Chitinization (n.) The process of becoming chitinous.
Chitinous (a.) Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin. chitlings
Chitinous (a.) Of or resembling chitin.
Chiton (n.) An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
Chiton (n.) (Zool.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
Chiton (n.) A woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
Chiton (n.) Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk
having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore].
Chitter (v. i.) To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Chitter (v. i.) To shiver or chatter with cold. [Scot.] -- Burns.
Chitter (v.) Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter].
Chitterling (n.) The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] -- Gascoigne.
Chitterlings (n. pl.) (Cookery) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
Chitterlings (n.) Small intestines of hogs prepared as food [syn: chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings].
Chittra (n.) (Zool.) The axis deer of India.
Chitty (a.) Full of chits or sprouts.
Chitty (a.) Childish; like a babe. [Obs.]
Chivachie (n.) A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Chivalric (a.) Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.
Chivalric (a.) Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn: chivalric, knightly, medieval].
Chivalrous (a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. -- Spenser.
Chivalrous (a.) Being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly].
Chivalrously (adv.) In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.
Chivalrously (adv.) In a gallant manner; "he gallantly offered to take her home" [syn: gallantly, chivalrously] [ant: unchivalrously].
Chivalry (n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry. "His Memphian chivalry." -- Milton.
By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts. -- Shak.
Chivalry (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry. -- Dryden.
Chivalry (n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.
The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. -- Shak.
Chivalry (n.) (Eng. Law) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.
Chivalry (n.) Exploit. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Court of chivalry, A court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. -- Blackstone.
Chivalry (n.) Courtesy towards women [syn: chivalry, gallantry, politesse].
Chivalry (n.) The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct [syn: chivalry, knightliness].
Chivalry, () Ancient Eng. law. This word is derived from the French chevelier, a horseman. It is. the name of a tenure of land by knight's service. Chivalry was of two kinds: the first; which was regal, or held only of the king; or common, which was held of a common person. Co. Litt. h.t.
Chive (n.) (Bot.) A filament of a stamen. [Obs.]
Chive (n.) (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also cive.]
Syn: chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum.
Chive (n.) the bulbous herb Allium Schoenoprasum used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.
Chive (n.) Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning [syn: chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum].
Chevy (n.) [Written also chivy, and chivvy.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] A cry used in hunting.
Chevy (n.) A hunt; chase; pursuit.
Chevy (n.) The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.
Chivvy (v.) Same as chivy. [Also spelled chivy, chevy, and chevvy.]
Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
Chivied (imp. & p. p.) of Chivy.
Chivying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chivy.
Chivy (v. t.) 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.
Chivy (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].
Chlamydate (a.) (Zool.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
Chlamyphore (n.) (Zool.) A small South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus, and Chlamyphorus retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.
Chlamyphore (n.) Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus].
Chlamyses (n. pl. ) of Chlamys.
Chlamydes (n. pl. ) of Chlamys.
Chlamys (n.) A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.
Chlamys (n.) Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils [syn: perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium].
Chlamys (n.) A short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece.
Chloasma (n.) (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.
Chloasma (n.) A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives [syn: chloasma, melasma, mask of pregnancy].
Chloral hydrate (n.) A chemical substance ({CCl3.CH(OH)2) which is a hydrate of trichloroacetaldehyde. It crystallizes as white monoclinic plates, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically, and is used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative; -- called also chloral.
Note: It may be habit-forming, and is a controlled substance listed in the U. S. Code of Federal Regulations. It is sometimes used to render a person unconscious for illegal or nefarious purposes, and in this use, a concentrated solution is one of the agents called knockout drops.
Chloral (n.) (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.
Chloral (n.) (Med.) Chloral hydrate.
Chloralamide (n.) (Chem.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.
Chloralism (n.) (Med.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.