Chopfallen Chop`fall`en adjective Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen .
Chophouse Chop"house` noun A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house. The freedom of a chophouse .
W. Irving.
Chophouse Chop"house` noun [ See
Chop quality.]
A customhouse where transit duties are levied. [ China]
S. W. Williams.
Chopin Chop"in noun [ French
chopine , from German
schoppen .]
A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.
Chopin Chop"in noun See Chopine .
Chopine Cho·pine" noun [ Confer Old French
chapin ,
escapin , Spanish
chapin , Portuguese
chapim .]
A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [ Variously spelt
chioppine ,
chopin , etc.]
Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine .
Shak.
Chopness Chop"ness noun A kind of spade. [ Eng.]
Chopper Chop"per noun One who, or that which, chops.
Chopping Chop"ping adjective [ Confer
Chubby .]
Stout or plump; large. [ Obsolete]
Fenton.
Chopping Chop"ping adjective [ See
Chop to barter.]
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
Chopping Chop"ping noun Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block ,
a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. --
Chopping knife ,
a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.
Choppy Chop"py adjective [ Confer
Chappy .]
1. Full of cracks. "
Choppy finger."
Shak. 2. [ Confer
Chop a change.]
Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.
Chops Chops (chŏps)
noun plural [ See
Chop a jaw.]
1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth. 2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.
Chopstick Chop"stick" (chŏp"stĭk`)
noun One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
Choragic Cho·rag"ic adjective [ Greek ..., ....]
Of or pertaining to a choragus. Choragic monument ,
a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.
Choragus Cho·ra"gus noun ;
plural Choragi . [ Latin , from Greek ..., ...; ... chorus + ... to lead.]
(Gr. Antiq.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
Choral Cho"ral adjective [ Late Latin
choralis , from Latin
chorus . See
Chorus .]
Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service ,
a service of song.
Choral Cho"ral noun (Mus.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals . [ Sometimes written
chorale .]
Choralist Cho"ral·ist noun A singer or composer of chorals.
Chorally Cho"ral·ly adverb In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
Chord Chord (kôrd)
noun [ L
chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Greek
chordh` . In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written
cord . See
Cord .]
1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord . 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord , noun , 4. 5. (Engineering) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, & Vocal chords .
See under Accidental , Common , and Vocal . --
Chord of an arch .
See Illust. of Arch . --
Chord of curvature ,
a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. --
Scale of chords .
See Scale .
Chord Chord transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chorded ;
present participle & verbal noun Chording .]
To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell.
Dryden.
Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.
Beecher.
Chord Chord intransitive verb (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Chorda Chor"da noun [ New Latin , from Latin
chorda . See
Chord .]
(Anat.) A cord. Chordal Chor"dal adjective Of or pertaining to a chord.
Chordata Chor·da"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
chorda cord.]
(Zoology) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
Chordee Chor·dee" noun [ French
cordé ,
cordée , past participle of
corder to cord.]
(Medicine) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
Chore Chore noun [ The same word as
char work done by the day.]
A small job; in the plural , the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [ U. S.]
Chore Chore intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chored ;
present participle & verbal noun Choring .]
To do chores. [ U. S.]
Chore Chore noun A choir or chorus. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Chorea Cho·re"a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... dance.]
(Medicine) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Choree Cho·ree" noun [ French
chorée .]
See Choreus .
Choregraphic, Choregraphical Cho`re·graph"ic, Cho`re·graph"ic·al adjective Pertaining to choregraphy.
Choregraphy Cho·reg"ra·phy noun [ GR. ... d...nce +
-graphy .]
The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.
Choreic Cho·re"ic adjective Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Chorepiscopal Cho`re·pis"co·pal adjective Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority.
Chorepiscopus Cho`re·pis"co·pus noun ;
plural Chorepiscopi . [ Latin , from Greek ...;
chw^ros ,
chw`ra , place, country + ... bishop. Confer
Bishop .]
(Eccl.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Choreus, Choree Cho·re"us, Cho·ree" noun [ Latin
choreus , Greek ..., prop. an adj. meaning belonging to a chorus; confer French
chorée .]
(Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach.
Choriamb Cho"ri·amb noun ;
plural Choriambs Same as Choriambus .
Choriambic Cho`ri·am"bic adjective [ Latin
choriambicus , gr. ....]
Pertaining to a choriamb. --
noun A choriamb.
Choriambus Cho`ri·am"bus noun ;
plural Latin
Choriambi , English
Choriambuses . [ Latin
choriambus , Greek ...; ... a choreus + ... iambus.]
(Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ⌣ ⌣ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
Choric Cho"ric adjective [ Latin
choricus , Greek ....]
Of or pertaining to a chorus. I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba.
Coleridge.
Chorion Cho"ri·on noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....]
1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis. 2. (Botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
Chorisis Cho"ri·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... separation.]
(Botany) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts. » In
collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. -- In
parallel or
median chorisis they are one in front of another.
Chorist Cho"rist noun [ French
choriste .]
A singer in a choir; a chorister. [ R.]
Chorister Chor"is·ter noun [ See
Chorus .]
1. One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden. 2. One who leads a choir in church music. [ U. S.]
Choristic Cho·ris"tic adjective Choric; choral. [ R.]
Chorograph Cho"ro·graph noun [ Greek ... place +
-graph .]
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
Chorographer Cho·rog"ra·pher noun 1. One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The
chorographers of Italy."
Sir T. Browne. 2. A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.
Chorographical Cho`ro·graph"ic·al adjective Pertaining to chorography. --
Cho`ro*graph"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
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