CPage 133
- English Word Chancre Definition A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre.
- English Word Chancroid Definition A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.
- English Word Chancrous Definition Of the nature of a chancre; having chancre.
- English Word Chandelier Definition A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
- English Word Chandelier Definition A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
- English Word Chandler Definition A maker or seller of candles.
- English Word Chandler Definition A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler.
- English Word Chandlerly Definition Like a chandler; in a petty way.
- English Word Chandlery Definition Commodities sold by a chandler.
- English Word Chandoo Definition An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.
- English Word Chandry Definition Chandlery.
- English Word Chanfrin Definition The fore part of a horse's head.
- English Word Change Definition To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
- English Word Change Definition To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.
- English Word Change Definition To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.
- English Word Change Definition Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.
- English Word Change Definition To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
- English Word Change Definition To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
- English Word Change Definition Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
- English Word Change Definition A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.
- English Word Change Definition A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
- English Word Change Definition Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.
- English Word Change Definition That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
- English Word Change Definition Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
- English Word Change Definition A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
- English Word Change Definition A public house; an alehouse.
- English Word Change Definition Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- English Word Changeability Definition Changeableness.
- English Word Changeable Definition Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
- English Word Changeable Definition Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.