Chivy Chiv"y transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chivied ;
present participle & verbal noun Chivying .] [ Confer
Chevy .]
To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [ Slang, Eng.]
Dickens.
Chlamydate Chlam"y·date adjective [ Latin
chlamydatus dressed in a military cloak. See
Chlamys .]
(Zoology) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
Chlamyphore Chlam"y·phore noun [ Greek ... cloak + ... to bear.]
(Zoology) A small South American edentate ( Chlamyphorus truncatus , and C. retusus ) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.
Chlamys Chla"mys noun ;
plural English
Chlamyses , Latin
Chlamydes . [ Latin , from Greek ....]
A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.
Chloasma Chlo·as"ma noun [ Greek ... to be green.]
(Medicine) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.
Chloral Chlo"ral noun [
Chlor ine +
al cohol.]
1. (Chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, CCl 3 .CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol. 2. (Medicine) Chloral hydrate. Chloral hydrate ,
a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral .
Chloralamide Chlo"ral·am`ide noun [
Chloral +
amide .]
(Chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.
Chloralism Chlo"ral·ism noun (Medicine) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
Chloralum Chlor`al"um noun [
Chlor ine +
alum inium.]
An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Chloranil Chlor`an"il noun [
Chlor ine +
anil ine.]
(Chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, C 6 Cl 4 .O 2 , regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.
Chlorate Chlo"rate noun [ Confer French
chlorate . See
Chlorine .]
(Chemistry) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.
Chloraurate Chlor`au"rate noun [
Chlor ine +
aurate .]
(Chemistry) See Aurochloride .
Chlorhydric Chlor`hy"dric adjective [
Chlor ine +
hydr ogen +
-ic .]
(Chemistry) Same as Hydrochloric .
Chlorhydrin Chlor`hy"drin noun (Chemistry) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.
Chloric Chlo"ric adjective [ From
Chlorine .]
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO 3 . Chloric ether (Chemistry) ,
ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid , under Dutch .
Chloridate Chlo"ri·date transitive verb To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.
Chloride Chlo"ride noun (Chemistry) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium ,
sal ammoniac. --
Chloride of lime ,
bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl 2 , used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite . See Hypochlorous acid , under Hypochlorous . --
Mercuric chloride ,
corrosive sublimate.
Chloridic Chlo·rid"ic adjective Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.
Chloridize Chlo"rid·ize transitive verb See Chloridate .
Chlorimetry Chlo·rim"e·try noun See Chlorometry .
Chlorinate Chlo"rin·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chlorinated ;
present participle & verbal noun Chlorinating .]
(Chemistry) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
Chlorination Chlo`ri·na"tion noun The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
Chlorine Chlo"rine noun [ Greek ... pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See
Yellow .]
(Chemistry) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family ,
the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens , and classed together from their common peculiarities.
Chloriodic Chlor`i·od"ic adjective Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
Chloriodine Chlor`i"o·dine noun A compound of chlorine and iodine. [ R.]
Chlorite Chlo"rite noun [ Greek ... (sc. ...), from
chlwro`s light green.]
(Min.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate ,
a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
Chlorite Chlo"rite noun [
Chlor ous +
-ite .]
(Chemistry) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
Chloritic Chlo·rit"ic adjective [ From 1st
Chlorite .]
Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.
Chlormethane Chlor`meth"ane noun (Chemistry) A colorless gas, CH 3 Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride .
Chloro- Chlo"ro- (Chemistry) A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.
Chlorocruorin Chlo`ro·cru"o·rin noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green + English
cruorin .]
(Physiol.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester.
Chlorodyne Chlo"ro·dyne noun [ From
chlor ine, in imitation of ano
dyne .]
(Medicine) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
Chloroform Chlo"ro·form noun [
Chlor ine +
form yl, it having been regarded as a trichloride of this radical: confer French
chloroforme , German
chloroform .]
(Chemistry) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl 3 , having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anæsthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
Chloroform Chlo"ro·form transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chloroformed ;
present participle & verbal noun Chloroforming .]
To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.
Chloroleucite Chlo`ro·leu"cite noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green + English
leucite .]
(Botany) Same as Chloroplastid .
Chlorometer Chlo·rom"e·ter noun [ Confer French
chloromètre . See
Chlorine , and
- meter .]
An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
Chlorometry Chlo·rom"e·try noun The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.
Chloropal Chlo·ro"pal noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green + English
opal .]
(Min.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
Chloropeptic Chlo`ro·pep"tic adjective [
Chlor ine +
peptic .]
(Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin- hydrochloric acid .
Chlorophane Chlo"ro·phane noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green + ... to show: confer French
chlorophane .]
1. (Min.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light. 2. (Physiol.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane .
Chlorophyll Chlo"ro·phyll noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green +
fy`llon leaf: confer French
chlorophylle .]
(Botany) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [ Written also
chlorophyl .]
Chloroplast Chlo"ro·plast noun [ Prefix
chloro- + Greek ... to mold, form.]
(Biol.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.
Chloroplastid Chlo`ro·plas"tid noun [ Greek
chlwro`s light green + English
plastid .]
(Botany) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite .
Chloroplatinic Chlo`ro·pla·tin"ic adjective (Chemistry) See Platinichloric .
Chlorosis Chlo·ro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek
chlwro`s light green: confer French
chlorose .]
1. (Medicine) The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc. 2. (Botany) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
Chlorotic Chlo·rot"ic adjective [ Confer French
chlorotique .]
Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.
Chlorous Chlo"rous adjective [ See
Chlorine .]
1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO 2 . 2. (Chem. Physics) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous . [ Obsolete]
Chlorpicrin Chlor`pi"crin noun (Chemistry) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl 3 .NO 2 , of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [ Written also
chloropikrin .]
Chloruret Chlo"ru·ret noun [ Confer French
chlorure .]
(Chemistry) A chloride. [ Obsolete]
Choak Choak transitive verb & i. See Choke .
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