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Chromoleucite (?), n. [Gr. � color + E. leucite.] (Bot.) A chromoplastid.
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Chromolithograph (?), n. [Gr. � color + E. lithograph.] A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.
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Chromolithographer (?), n. One who is engaged in chromolithography.
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Chromolithographic (?), a. Pertjining tj, or maoe by, coromolithography.
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Chromolithography (?), n. Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.
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Chromophane (?), n. [Gr. � color + � to show.] (Physiol.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
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Chromophore (?), n. [Gr. � color + ferein to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.
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Chromophotograph (?), n. [Gr. � color + photograph.] A picture made by any of the processes for reproducing photographs in colors; a color photograph. -- Chromophotographic (#), a.
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Chromophotography (?), n. [Gr. � color + E. photography.] The art of producing photographs in colors-
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Chromophotolithograph (?), n. A photolithograph printed in colors.
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Chromoplastid (?), n. [Gr. � + E. plastid.] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.
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Chromosome (?), n. [Gr. � color + � the body.] (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
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Chromosphere (?), n. [Gr. � color + E. sphere.] (Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.
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Chromospheric (?), a. Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
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Chromotype (?), n. [Gr. � color + -type.] 1. A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See .
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2. A photographic picture in the natural colors.
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Chromous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.
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Coloq. Chromous acid , a bluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as an acid.
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Chromule (?), n. [Gr. � color + � matter.] (Bot.) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.
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Chronic (?), a. [L. chronicus, Gr. � concerning time, from � time: cf. F. chronique.] 1. Relating to time; according to time.
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2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
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Coloq. Chronic disease , one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.
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Chronical (?), a. Chronic.
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Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A. Alexander.
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Chronicle (?), n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. �, neut. pl. of �. See .] 1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
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2. A narrative of events; a history; a record.
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3. pl. The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

Syn. - Register; record; annals. See .
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Chronicle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling (?).] To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.
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Chronicler (?), n. A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.
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Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.
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Chronique (?), n. [F. See .] A chronicle. L. Addison.
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Chronogram (?), n. [Gr. � time + � writing, character: cf. F. chronogramme.] 1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
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2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
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{ Chronogrammatic (?), Chronogrammatical (?), } a. [Cf. F. chronogrammatique.] Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
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Chronogrammatist (?), n. A writer of chronograms.
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Chronograph (?), n. [Gr. � time + -graph: cf. F. chronographe.] 1. An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
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2. Same as , 1. [R.]
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3. A chronoscope.
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Chronographer (?), n. One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke.
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Chronographic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chronograph.
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Chronography (?), n. [Gr. �. See .] A description or record of past time; history. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Chronologer (?), n. Same as .
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{ Chronologic (?), Chronological (?), } a. [Gr. �.] Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chronologically, adv.
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{ Chronologist (?), Chronologer (?) }, n. [Gr. �.] A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.
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That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke.
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THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.
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Chronology (?), n.; pl. Chronologies (#). [Gr. �; � time + � discourse: cf. F. chronologie.] The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.
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If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.
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Chronometer (?), n. [Gr. � time + -meter: cf. F. chronomètre.] 1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.
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3. (Mus.) A metronome.
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Coloq. Box chronometer . See under . -- Coloq. Pocket chronometer , a chronometer in the form of a large watch. -- Coloq. To rate a chronometer . See , v. t.
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{ Chronometric (?), Chronometrical (?), } a. [Cf. F. chronométrique.] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.
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Chronometry (?), n. [Cf. F. chronométrie.] The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
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Chronopher (?), n. [Gr. � time + � to carry.] An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
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Chronophotograph (?), n. [Gr. � time + photograph.] One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. -- Chronophotography, n.
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Chronoscope (?), n. [Gr. � time + -scope.] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
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Chrysalid (?), a. Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.
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Chrysalid, n.; pl. Chrysalids. See .
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Chrysalis (?), n.; pl. Chrysalides (#). [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. �, fr. � gold. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See , and (a).
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Chrysaniline (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + E. anilene.] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.
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Chrysanthemum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; chrysos gold + � flower.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.
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Chrysarobin (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + araroba a foreign name of Goa powder + -in.] (Chem.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.
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Chrysaurin (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + L. aurum gold. So called from its color.] An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.
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Chryselephantine (?), a. [Gr. chrysos gold + � made of ivory, fr. � ivory, elephant.] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.
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☞ The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments.
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Chrysene (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold.] (Chem.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.
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Chrysoberyl (?), n. [L. chrysoberyllus, Gr. �; chrysos gold + � beryl.] (Min.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.
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Chrysochlore (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + chlwros light green: cf. F. chrysochlore.] (Zoöl.) A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.
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Chrysocolla (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. chrysokolla gold solder; chrysos gold + � glue.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.
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Chrysogen (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + -gen.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
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Chrysography (?), n. [Gr. �; chrysos gold + � to write.] 1. The art of writing in letters of gold.
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2. A writing executed in letters of gold.
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Chrysoïdine (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + -oid + -ine.] (Chem.) An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoïdine proper.
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Chrysolite (?), n. [L. chrysolithos, Gr. �; chrysos gold + � stone: cf. F. chrysolithe.] (Min.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.
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Chrysology (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + -logy.] That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.
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Chrysopa (?), n. [NL., from Gr. chrysos gold + �, �, eye, face.] (Zoöl.) A genus of neuropterous insects. See .
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Chrysophane (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + � to show.] (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.
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Chrysophanic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane.
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Coloq. Chrysophanic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance extracted from rhubarb, yellow dock, sienna, chrysarobin, etc., and shown to be a derivative of an anthracene. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases; -- called also rhein, rheic acid, rhubarbarin, etc.
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Chrysophrys n. a genus of fishes consisting of the australian snapper.
Syn. -- genus Chrysophrys.
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Chrysophyceae n. a class of yellow-green algae, all of which have flagella of unequal length.
Syn. -- class Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Heterokontae.
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Chrysophyllum n. a genus of tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- genus Chrysophyllum.
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Chrysophyta n. a division of mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms, including the Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.
Syn. -- division Chrysophyta.
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chrysopid n. a pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae.
Syn. -- green lacewing, stink fly.
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Chrysopidae n. a natural family of flies comprising the green lacewings.
Syn. -- family Chrysopidae.
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Chrysoprase (?), n. [OE. crisopace, OF. crisoprace, F. chrysoprase, L. chrysoprasus, fr. Gr. �; chrysos gold + � leek.] (Min.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.
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Chrysoprasus (?), n. [L.] See . Rev. xxi. 20.
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Chrysosperm (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + � seed.] The seed of gold; a means of creating gold. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Chrysosplenium n. a genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers.
Syn. -- genus Chrysosplenium.
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Chrysothamnus n. a genus of low branching shrubs of West North America.
Syn. -- genus Chrysothamnus.
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Chrysotype (?), n. [Gr. chrysos gold + -type.] 1. A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. Abney.
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2. 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.
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Chthonian (?), a. [Gr. � in or under the earth, fr. �, �, earth.] Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
Syn. -- chthonic, lower, nether.
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Chthonic (?), a. [Gr. �, �, the earth.] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.
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[The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max Müller.
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{ Chthonophagia (?), Chthonophagy (?), } n. [NL. chthonophagia; Gr. �, �, earth + � to eat.] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.
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Chub (?), n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zoöl.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
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Coloq. Chub mackerel (Zoöl.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Coloq. Chub sucker (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
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Chubbed (?), a. Chubby. [R.] H. Brooke.
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Chubbedness, n. The state of being chubby.
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Chubby (?), a. Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. “Chubby faces.” I. Taylor.
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Chub-faced (?), a. Having a plump, short face.
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Chuck (chŭk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] [Imitative of the sound.] 1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
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2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] Marston.
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Chuck, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
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Chuck, n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen.
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2. A sudden, small noise.
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3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. “Pray, chuck, come hither.” Shak.
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Chuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. , v. t.] 1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
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Chucked the barmaid under the chin. W. Irving.
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2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] “Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.” Lord Palmerson.
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3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
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Chuck, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
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2. A short throw; a toss.
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3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
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