Chiromancer Chi"ro·man`cer noun One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.
Chiromancy Chi"ro·mancy noun [ Greek
chei`r hand +
-mancy .]
The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.
Chiromanist, Chiromantist Chi"ro·man`ist, Chi"ro·man`tist noun [ Greek ....]
A chiromancer.
Chiromantic, Chiromantical Chi`ro·man"tic, Chi`ro·man"tic·al adjective Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
Chiromonic Chi`ro·mon"ic adjective Relating to chironomy.
Chironomy Chi·ron"o·my noun [ Greek ...;
chei`r hand + ... to manage.]
The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [ Obsolete]
Chiroplast Chi"ro·plast noun [ Greek ... formed by hand;
chei`r hand + ... to shape.]
(Mus.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
Chiropodist Chi·rop"o·dist noun [ Greek
chei`r hand + ...; ..., foot.]
One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.
Chiropody Chirop"ody noun The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.
Chirosophist Chiros"ophist noun [ Greek
chei`r hand + ... skillful, wise. See
Sophist .]
A fortune teller.
Chirp Chirp intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chirped ;
present participle & verbal noun Chirping .] [ Of imitative orgin. Confer
Chirk ,
Chipper ,
Cheep ,
Chirm ,
Chirrup .]
To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.
Chirp Chirp noun A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. "The
chirp of flitting bird."
Bryant.
Chirper Chirp"er noun One who chirps, or is cheerful.
Chirping Chirp"ing adjective Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes.
Pope.
Chirpingly Chirp"ing·ly adverb In a chirping manner.
Chirre Chirre intransitive verb [ Confer German
girren , Anglo-Saxon
corian to murmur, complain. √24.]
To coo, as a pigeon. [ Obsolete]
Chirrup Chir"rup transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chirruped ;
present participle & verbal noun Chirruping .] [ See
Chirp .]
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
Chirrup Chir"rup intransitive verb To chirp. Tennyson. The criket chirrups on the hearth.
Goldsmith.
Chirrup Chir"rup noun The act of chirping; a chirp. The sparrows' chirrup on the roof.
Tennyson.
Chirrupy Chir"rupy adjective Cheerful; joyous; chatty.
Chirurgeon Chi·rur"geon noun [ French
chirurgien , from
chirurgie surgery, from Greek ..., from ... working or operating with the hand;
chei`r hand + ... work. Confer
Surgeon ,
Work .]
A surgeon. [ Obsolete]
Chirurgeonly Chi·rur"geon·ly adverb Surgically. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Chirurgery Chi·rur"ger·y noun [ See
Chirurgeon , and confer
Surgery .]
Surgery. [ Obsolete]
Chirurgic, Chirurgical Chi·rur"gic, Chirur"gical adjective [ Confer French
chirurgique rurgical, Latin
Chirurgicus , Greek .... See
Chirurgeon , and confer
Surgical .]
Surgical [ Obsolete] "
Chirurgical lore"
Longfellow.
Chisel Chis"el noun [ Old French
chisel , French
ciseau , from Late Latin
cisellus , probably for
caesellus , from Latin
caesus , past participle of
caedere to cut. Confer
Scissors .]
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel .
See under Cold , adjective
Chisel Chis"el transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chiseled , or
Chiselled ;
present participle & verbal noun Chiseling , or
Chiselling .] [ Confer French
ciseler .]
1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. 2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [ Slang]
Chisleu Chis"leu noun [ Hebrew ]
The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.
Chisley Chis"ley (chĭz"lȳ)
adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
ceosel gravel or sand. Confer
Chessom .]
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner.
Chit Chit (chĭt)
noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
cīð shoot, sprig, from the same root as
cīnan to yawn. See
Chink a cleft.]
1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes. 2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit ; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman.
Thackeray.
3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [ Obsolete]
4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.
Chit Chit intransitive verb To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
Mortimer.
Chit Chit 3d sing. of
Chide .
Chideth. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Chit, Chitty Chit, Chit"ty noun [ Hind.
chittī .]
1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like. 2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [ India, China, etc.]
Chitchat Chit"chat noun [ From
Chat , by way of reduplication.]
Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Chitin Chi"tin noun [ See
Chiton .]
(Chemistry) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.
Chitinization Chi`ti·ni·za"tion noun The process of becoming chitinous.
Chitinous Chi"ti·nous adjective Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.
Chiton Chi"ton noun [ Greek ... a chiton (in sense 1).]
1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt. 2. (Zoology) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora .
Chitter Chit"ter intransitive verb [ Confer
Chatter .]
1. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. To shiver or chatter with cold. [ Scot.]
Burns.
Chitterling Chit"ter·ling noun The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings . [ Obsolete]
Gascoigne.
Chitterlings Chit"ter·lings noun plural [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
cwiþ womb, Icelandic
kvið , Goth.
qiþus , belly, womb, stomach, German
kutteln chitterlings.]
(Cookery) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
Chittra Chit"tra noun [ Native Indian name.]
(Zoology) The axis deer of India.
Chitty Chit"ty adjective 1. Full of chits or sprouts. 2. Childish; like a babe. [ Obsolete]
Chivachie Chiv"a·chie` noun [ Old French
chevauchie ,
chevauchée ; of the same origin as English
cavalcade .]
A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Chivalric Chiv"al·ric adjective [ See
Chivalry .]
Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.
Chivalrous Chiv"al·rous adjective [ Old French
chevalerus ,
chevalereus , from
chevalier . See
Chivalry .]
Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise.
Spenser.
Chivalrously Chiv"al·rous·ly adverb In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.
Chivalry Chiv"al·ry noun [ French
chevalerie , from
chevalier knight, Old French , horseman. See
Chevalier , and confer
Cavalry .]
1. A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry. "His Memphian
chivalry ."
Milton. By his light
Did all the chivalry of England move,
To do brave acts.
Shak.
2. The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry. Dryden. 3. The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc. The glory of our Troy this day doth lie
On his fair worth and single chivalry .
Shak.
4. (Eng. Law) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord. 5. Exploit. [ Obsolete]
Sir P. Sidney. Court of chivalry ,
a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.
Chivarras Chi·var"ras Chi*var"ros noun plural [ Mex. Spanish ] Leggings. [ Mex. & Southwestern U. S.]
Chive Chive noun (Botany) A filament of a stamen. [ Obsolete]
Chive Chive noun [ French
cive , from Latin
cepa ,
caepa , onion. Confer
Cives ,
Cibol .]
(Botany) A perennial plant ( Allium Schœnoprasum ), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [ Written also
cive .]
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