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- English Word Chaldaic Definition Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
- English Word Chaldaic Definition The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.
- English Word Chaldaism Definition An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
- English Word Chaldean Definition Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
- English Word Chaldean Definition A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
- English Word Chaldean Definition A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
- English Word Chaldean Definition Nestorian.
- English Word Chaldee Definition Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
- English Word Chaldee Definition The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.
- English Word Chalder Definition A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.
- English Word Chaldrich Definition Alt. of Chalder
- English Word Chaldron Definition An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
- English Word Chalet Definition A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
- English Word Chalet Definition A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.
- English Word Chalice Definition A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
- English Word Chaliced Definition Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.
- English Word Chalk Definition A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.
- English Word Chalk Definition Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.
- English Word Chalk Definition To rub or mark with chalk.
- English Word Chalk Definition To manure with chalk, as land.
- English Word Chalk Definition To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
- English Word Chalkcutter Definition A man who digs chalk.
- English Word Chalked Definition of Chalk
- English Word Chalkiness Definition The state of being chalky.
- English Word Chalking Definition of Chalk
- English Word Chalkstone Definition A mass of chalk.
- English Word Chalkstone Definition A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.
- English Word Chalky Definition Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.
- English Word Challenge Definition An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- English Word Challenge Definition The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.