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Chassé (shȧss�), n. [F., fr. chassé, p. p. of chasser to chase.] A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
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Chassé, v. i. (Dancing) To make the movement called chassé; as, all chassé; chassé to the right or left.
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Chasse (shȧs), n. [See ] A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally chasse-café, lit., “coffee chaser.”
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Chasse-café (shȧs kȧf�), n. [F., fr. chasser to chase + café coffee.] See , n., above.
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Chasse-marée (?), n. [F., fr. chasser to chase + marée tide.] (Naut.) A French coasting lugger.
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Chasselas (?), n. [F., from the village of Chasselas.] A white grape, esteemed for the table.
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Chassepot (?), n. [From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot.] (Mil.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.
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Chasseur (?), n. [F., a huntsman. See to pursue.] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.
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2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.
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The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.
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Chassis (?), n. [F. châssis.] (Mil.) 1. A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See .]
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2. The under part of an automobile or other motor vehicle, consisting of the frame (on which the body is mounted) with the wheels and machinery.
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Chast (chāst), v. t. to chasten. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Chaste (chāst), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaros pure, Skr. çudh to purify.]
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1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.” Shak.
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Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.
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2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
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3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
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That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay.
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4. Unmarried. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless.
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Coloq. Chaste tree . Same as .
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Chastely, adv. In a chaste manner; with purity.
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Chasten (chās'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastened (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch�tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See , , and cf. , .] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
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For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6.
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2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
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They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. Layard.

Syn. -- To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To , , . To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.
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Chastened (?), a. Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott.
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Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson.
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Chastener (?), n. One who chastens.
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Chasteness (?), n. 1. Chastity; purity.
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2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
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Chastisable (?), a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood.
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Chastise (chăstīz; chăstīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised (chăstīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -izein. See .] 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
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How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me. Shak.
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I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.
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2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
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The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn. -- castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down.
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Syn. -- See .
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chastised adj. having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn. -- corrected, disciplined.
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Chastisement (?), n. [From .] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
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Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak.
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I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.
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Chastiser (?), n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor.
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The chastiser of the rich. Burke.
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Chastity (?), n. [F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See .] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
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She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.
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2. Moral purity.
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So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
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3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.
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chastize v. t. same as ; -- a variant spelling; as, She chastized him for his insensitive remarks.
Syn. -- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct.
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Chasuble (?), n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.]
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Chat (chăt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] [From . √22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.
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To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
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Chat, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]
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Chat, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.
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2. (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Coloq. Bush chat . (Zoöl.) See under .
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Chat, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See .
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2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.
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Coloq. Chat potatoes , small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]
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Chateau (?), n.; pl. Chateux (#). [F. château a castle. See .] 1. A castle or a fortress in France.
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2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.
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☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort.
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Chateaubriand n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes.
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Coloq. Chateau en Espagne (�) [F.], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance.
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Chateau-Thierry n. a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.
Syn. -- battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Marne River.
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Chatelaine (?), n. [F. châtelaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain.] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.
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Chatelet (?), n. [F. châtelet, dim. of château. See .] A little castle.
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Chatellany (?), n. [F. châtellenie.] Same as .
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Chati (?), n. [Cf. F. chat cat.] (Zoöl.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).
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Chatoyant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be chatoyant, fr. chat cat.] (Min.) Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
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Chatoyant, n. (Min.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
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Chatoyment (?), n. [F. chatoiement. See .] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.
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Chattel (?), n. [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See .] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.
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☞ Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc.
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Coloq. Chattel mortgage (Law), a mortgage on personal property, as distinguished from one on real property.
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Chattelism (?), n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.
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Chatter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. , v. i. .] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
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The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.
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2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.
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To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.
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3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
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With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.
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Chatter, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
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Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.
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Chatter, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
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Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.
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2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
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Chatteration (?), n. The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]
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Chatterer (?), n. 1. A prater; an idle talker.
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2. (Zoöl.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
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Chattering (?), n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
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Chatter mark. (a) (Mach.) One of the fine undulations or ripples which are formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters. (b) (Geol.) A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier.
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Chattiness (?), n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
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Chatty (?), a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
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Chatty, n. [Tamil shāti.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
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Chatwood (?), n. [Chat a little stick + wood.] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.
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Chaud-medley (?), n. [F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle.] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.
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Chaudron (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Chauffer (?), n. [Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See .] (Chem.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
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Chauffeur (?), n. [F., lit., stoker.] 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 their victims to extort money.
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2. One who manages the running of an automobile or limousine; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle.
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Chauffeuse (?), n. [F., fem. of chauffeur.] A woman chauffeur.
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Chauldron (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Chaun (?), n. A gap. [Obs.] Colgrave.
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Chaun, v. t. & i. To open; to yawn. [Obs.]
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O, chaun thy breast. Marston.
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Chaunt (?), n. & v. See .
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Chaunter (?), n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, Eng.]
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2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.]
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He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.
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3. The flute of a bagpipe. See , n., 3.
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Chaunterie (?), n. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Chaus (?), n. (Zoöl.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).
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Chausses (?), n. pl. [F.] 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, when fixible, as of chain mail.
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Chaussure (?), n. [F.] A foot covering of any kind.
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Chautauqua (?). a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y., in 1874, and was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also, a meeting similar to this.
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Chautauqua system (of education) (?). The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent.
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Chauvinism (?), n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
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2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i.e. belief in the superiority of males.
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-- Chauvinist, n. & adj. -- Chauvinistic (�), a.
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☞ To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. Prof. H. Tuttle.
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chauvinistic adj. fanatically patriotic.
Syn. -- flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic.
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Chavender (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The chub. Walton.
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Chaw (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.] [See .] 1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
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The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. Surrey.
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2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. Dryden.
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A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.
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Chaw, n. [See , v. t.] 1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. [Law]
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2. [Cf. .] The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Coloq. Chaw bacon , a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Coloq. Chaw tooth , a grinder. (Law)
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Chawdron (?), n. [OF. chaudun, caudun, caldun; cf. G. kaldaunen guts, bowels, LL. calduna intestine, W. coluddyn gut, dim. of coludd bowels.] Entrails. [Obs.] [Written also chaudron, chauldron.] Shak.
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Chay root (?). [Tamil shāya.] The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]
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Chayote (?). 1. a tropical West Indian vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family, which bears small white flowers and produces an edible fruit.
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2. the edible fruit of the vine, having a pear shape with a furrowed skin, and usually green or white. It is also called choyote, christophene, mirliton, and vegetable pear
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Chazy epoch (?). (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 Diagram under .
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Cheap (chēp), n. [AS. ceáp bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. , , , , v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]
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The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. Shak.
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Cheap, a. [Abbrev. fr. “good cheap”: a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon marché, à bon marché. See , n., .] 1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
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Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. Locke.
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2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
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You grow cheap in every subject's eye. Dryden.
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Coloq. Dog cheap , very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
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Cheap, adv. Cheaply. Milton.
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Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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