CPage 131
- English Word Chameleonize Definition To change into various colors.
- English Word Chamfer Definition The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
- English Word Chamfer Definition To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
- English Word Chamfer Definition To make a chamfer on.
- English Word Chamfered Definition of Chamfer
- English Word Chamfering Definition of Chamfer
- English Word Chamfret Definition A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
- English Word Chamfret Definition A chamfer.
- English Word Chamfron Definition The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse.
- English Word Chamlet Definition See Camlet.
- English Word Chamois Definition A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.
- English Word Chamois Definition A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
- English Word Chamomile Definition See Camomile.
- English Word Chamomile Definition A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.
- English Word Champ Definition To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
- English Word Champ Definition To bite into small pieces; to crunch.
- English Word Champ Definition To bite or chew impatiently.
- English Word Champ Definition Alt. of Champe
- English Word Champagne Definition A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.
- English Word Champaign Definition A flat, open country.
- English Word Champaign Definition Flat; open; level.
- English Word Champe Definition The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
- English Word Champed Definition of Champ
- English Word Champer Definition One who champs, or bites.
- English Word Champertor Definition One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
- English Word Champerty Definition Partnership in power; equal share of authority.
- English Word Champerty Definition The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance.
- English Word Champignon Definition An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).
- English Word Champing Definition of Champ
- English Word Champion Definition To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.