A bird of Europe (Fringilla c/lebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

Without chaff.

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.

a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with Trypamosoma cruzi, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other domestic and wild mammals.

See Shagreen.

Chagrined.

feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book.

To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

bound with chains; as, prisoners chained together to prevent escape.

Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.

A small chain.

having a form resembling a chain; as, chainlike clusters of bacteria.

metal shackles connected by chains, used to bind hands or legs; as, he was kept two weeks in chains.

a portable power saw having teeth that are linked to form an endless chain, rotated about two pivot points by a power mechanism, such as an electric motor or a gasoline engine.

Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

To place in a chair.

a ski lift on which riders are seated.

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.

a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn. Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Same as Chalaza.

Having or bearing chalazas.

A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub in Casuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulace/ and Juglandace/. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle.

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.

One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcid/), having four small or rudimentary legs.

the type genus of the Chalcididae.

Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.

An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.

The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.

Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

Of or pertaining to Chaldea. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.

An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

Of or pertaining to Chaldea. A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans. Nestorian.

Of or pertaining to Chaldea. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.

A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.

To rub or mark with chalk.

a string impregnated with powdered chalk, used in construction to mark a straight line on a surface, such as a wall. The string is held taut on the surface between the two end points of the line to be made, the center of the line is drawn away from the surface, and the string is released and snapped against the surface, leaving a line of chalk in the desired location.

a dark sheet of slate used as a surface for writing on, with chalk.

A man who digs chalk.

The state of being chalky.

a quarry for mining chalk.

A mass of chalk.

Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.

To assert a right; to claim a place.

having doubts expressed about its truth.

One who challenges.

requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task.

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.

A bed blanket.

Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.

Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.

Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.

The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.

A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.

a genus of small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; -- often used especially for those formerly included in genus Cytisus.

a genus consisting of only one species, the leatherleaf.

the type genus of the Chamaeleontidae.

a lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.

a small constellation in the southern skies between Hydrus and Musca.

a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.

a small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis; chamomile.

a perennial plant that sets its dormant vegetative buds just at or above the surface of the ground.

The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.

To shut up, as in a chamber.

Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.

One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.

Lewdness.

An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

Office of a chamberlain.

A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

An ornamental bordering or framelike decoration around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.

A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish.

Same as Gambrel.

A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham/leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; it has eyes which can move separately, the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. It is remarkable for its ability to change the color of its skin to blend with its surroundings.

To change into various colors.

The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse.

A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral.

See Camlet.

A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.

See Camomile.

A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, Anthemis nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

a greenish gray or black silicate of iron and aluminum.

To bite or chew impatiently.

A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.

Flat; open; level.

The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

One who champs, or bites.

One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Partnership in power; equal share of authority.

An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

One who engages in any contest; especially one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

A female champion.

State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. A piece of champlev/ enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlev/ work.

See Kamsin.

a thorny shrub or small tree (Geoffroea decorticans) common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.

By chance; perchance.

The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Fortuitous; casual.