Chignon Chi"gnon noun [ French, prop. equiv. to
chaînon link, from
chaîne chain, from Latin
catena Confer
Chain .]
A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head. A curl that had strayed from her chignon .
H. James.
Chigoe, Chigre Chig"oe, Chig"re noun [ Confer French
chigue , perhaps from Catalan
chic small, Spanish
chico ; or of Peruvian origin.]
(Zoology) A species of flea ( Pulex penetrans ), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger . [ Written also
chegre ,
chegoe ,
chique ,
chigger ,
jigger .] » The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.
Chih fu Chih" fu` [ Chin. chih fu , lit., (He who) knows (the) prefecture.] An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business of the hsiens or districts comprised in his fu (which see).
Chih hsien Chih" hsien` [ Chin. chih hsien , lit., (He who) knows (the) district.] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases.
Chih tai Chih" tai` [ Chin. chih to govern + t‘ai an honorary title.] A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).
Chikara Chi·ka"ra noun [ Hind.]
(Zoology) (a) The goat antelope ( Tragops Bennettii ) of India. (b) The Indian four-horned antelope ( Tetraceros quadricornis ).
Chilblain Chil"blain` noun [
Chill +
Blain .]
A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
Chilblain Chil"blain` transitive verb To produce chilblains upon.
Child Child (chīld)
noun ;
plural Children (chĭl"drĕn). [ Anglo-Saxon
cild , plural
cildru ; confer Goth.
kilþei womb,
in-kilþō with child.]
1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law , legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants. 2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom. 3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people. 4. A noble youth. See Childe . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. When I was child . I spake as a child , I understood as a child , I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1. Cor. xii. 11.
6. A female infant. [ Obsolete]
A boy or a child , I wonder?
Shak.
To be with child ,
to be pregnant. - -
Child's play ,
light work; a trifling contest.
Child Child intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Childed ;
present participle & verbal noun Childing .]
To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died.
Warner.
It chanced within two days they childed both.
Latimer.
Child study Child study A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.
Childbearing Child"bear`ing noun The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.
Childbed Child"bed noun The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.
Childbirth Child"birth noun The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
Childcrowing Child"crow`ing noun (Medicine) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.
Childe Childe noun A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.
Childed Child"ed adjective Furnished with a child. [ Obsolete]
Childermas day Chil"dermas day` [ Anglo-Saxon cildamæsse- dæg ; cild child + dæg day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day .
Childhood Child"hood (chīld"hod)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
cildhād ;
cild child +
-hād . See
Child , and
-hood .]
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood .
1. Sam. xii. 2.
2. Children, taken collectively. [ R.]
The well-governed childhood of this realm.
Sir. W. Scott.
3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy.
Shak.
Second childhood ,
the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.
Childing Child"ing adjective [ See
Child ,
intransitive verb ]
Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [ R.]
Shak.
Childish Child"ish adjective 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "
Childish innocence."
Macaulay. 2. Puerile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent.
Addison.
»
Childish , as applied to persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a
childish temper.
Childishly Child"ish·ly adverb In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
Childishness Child"ish·ness noun The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
Childlessness Child"less·ness noun The state of being childless.
Childlike Child"like adjective Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "
Childlike obedience."
Hooker. »
Childlike , as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as,
childlike grace or simplicity;
childlike modesty.
Childly Child"ly adjective Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child. Gower.
Childly Child"ly adverb Like a child. Mrs. Browning.
Childness Child"ness noun The manner characteristic of a child. [ Obsolete] "Varying
childness ."
Shak.
Children Chil"dren noun ;
plural of Child .
Childship Child"ship noun The state or relation of being a child.
Chilean Chil"e·an adjective Of or pertaining to Chile.
Chilean Chil"e·an noun A native or resident of Chile; Chilian.
Chilean pine Chilean pine (Botany) Same as Monkey- puzzle .
Chili Chil"i noun [ Spanish
chili ,
chile .]
A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [ Written also
chilli and
chile .]
Chiliad Chil"i·ad noun [ Greek ..., ..., from ... a thousand.]
A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad , will be assumed up unto God.
Sir. T. More.
Chiliagon Chil"i·a·gon noun [ Greek ...; ... a thousand + ... angle.]
A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow.
Chiliahedron Chil"i·a·hedron noun [ Greek ... a thousand + ... base, from ... to sit.]
A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [ Spelt also
chiliaëdron .]
Chilian Chil"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to Chili. --
noun A native or citizen of Chili.
Chilian, Chiliarch Chil"i·an, Chil"i·arch` noun [ Greek ..., ...; ... a thousand + ... leader, ... to lead.]
The commander or chief of a thousand men.
Chiliarchy Chil"i·arch`y noun [ Greek ....]
A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford.
Chiliasm Chil"i·asm noun [ Greek ..., from .... See Chiliad.]
1. The millennium. 2. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.
Chiliast Chil"i·ast noun [ Greek .... See
Chiliasm .]
One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a millenarian.
Chiliastic Chili·astic adjective Millenarian. "The obstruction offered by the
chiliastic errors."
J. A. Alexander.
Chill Chill (chĭl)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
cele ,
cyle , from the same root as
celan ,
calan , to be cold; akin to Dutch
kil cold, coldness, Swedish
kyla to chill, and English
cool . See
Cold , and confer
Cool .]
1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[ A] wintry
chill ."
W. Irving. 2. (Medicine) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever. 3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly. 4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond. 5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever ,
fever and ague.
Chill Chill adjective 1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill .
Milton.
2. Affected by cold. "My veins are
chill ."
Shak. 3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception. 4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
Chill Chill transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chilled (chĭld);
present participle & verbal noun Chilling .]
1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day.
Goldsmith.
2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits.
Rogers.
3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
Chill Chill intransitive verb (Metal.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Chilled Chilled adjective 1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel. 2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called " blooming ."
Chilli Chil"li noun See Chili .
Chilliness Chill"i·ness noun 1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
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