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Chastened

Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.

Chastisable

Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.

Chastise

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.

chastised

having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.

Chastisement

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

Chastiser

One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.

Chastity

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

chastize

same as chastise; -- a variant spelling; as, She chastized him for his insensitive remarks.

Chasuble

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.

Chat

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Chateau

A castle or a fortress in France.

Chateau-Thierry

a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.

Chateaubriand

a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes.

Chatelaine

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.

Chati

A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Chatoyant

A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Chatoyment

Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.

Chattel

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.

Chattelism

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

Chatter

Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.

Chattering

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.

Chattiness

The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.

Chatty

A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.

Chatwood

Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel.

Chaud-medley

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.

Chauffer

A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.

Chauffeur

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.

Chaunter

A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

Chaus

a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

Chausses

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.

Chauvinism

Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.

Chaw

As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.

Cheapen

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

Cheaply

At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.

Cheapness

Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

Cheat

Wheat, or bread made from wheat.

Chebacco

A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.

Chebec

A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Chechoslovak

a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia; a Czechoslovakian.

Check

Checkered; designed in checks.

check in

To register as a guest at a hotel, inn, motel. etc. Converse of check out.

check-in

The act of registering as a guest at a hotel, inn, motel. etc; the act of checking in. Used also attributively, as the check-in counter at a hotel.

checkage

The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

checked

Held back from some action especially by force.

Checker

A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

Checkerberry

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

checkerbloom

a perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of West North America (Sidalcea malviflora) that is also cultivated.

Checkerboard

A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers, chess, or draughts.

Checkered

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Checkers

A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

Checkerwork

Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

Checkless

That can not be checked or restrained.

Checkmate

To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

checkout

the latest time for vacating a hotel room without being charged for extra time; as, the checkout here is 12 noon.

checkout time

the latest time for vacating a hotel room without being charged for extra time; as, the checkout here is 12 noon.

checkpoint

a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.

Checkrein

A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

Checkroll

A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Checkstring

A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

Checkwork

Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.

Checky

Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.

Cheddar

Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.

Cheek

To be impudent or saucy to.

cheekbone

the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.

Cheeked

Having a cheek; -- used in composition.

cheekless

having no cheek. Opposite of cheeked.

Cheep

A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.

Cheer

To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.

Cheerer

One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens.

Cheerful

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

Cheerfulness

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

Cheery

Displaying evident cheerfulness; cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person; a cheery hello.

Cheese

The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

cheeseflower

an erect or decumbent Old World perennial (Malva sylvestris) with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced into the U. S.

Cheeseparing

A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Cheesy

Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

Cheetah

A species of leopard (Cyn/lurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is Cyn/lurus laneus. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting.

cheewink

the common rufous-sided towhee of eastern North America, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.

Chef

A chief or head person.

Chef-d'oeuvre

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

Cheiloplasty

The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.

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