CPage 157
- English Word Chequer Definition Same as Checker.
- English Word Chequing Definition A coin. See Sequin.
- English Word Chequy Definition Same as Checky.
- English Word Cherif Definition See Cherif.
- English Word Cherimoyer Definition A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.
- English Word Cherimoyer Definition Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.
- English Word Cherish Definition To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
- English Word Cherish Definition To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
- English Word Cherished Definition of Cherish
- English Word Cherisher Definition One who cherishes.
- English Word Cherishment Definition Encouragement; comfort.
- English Word Cherising Definition of Cherish
- English Word Chermes Definition See Kermes.
- English Word Cherogril Definition See Cony.
- English Word Cherokees Definition An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
- English Word Cheroot Definition A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
- English Word Cherry Definition A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
- English Word Cherry Definition The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
- English Word Cherry Definition The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
- English Word Cherry Definition The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
- English Word Cherry Definition The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
- English Word Cherry Definition A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
- English Word Cherry Definition Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
- English Word Chersonese Definition A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
- English Word Chert Definition An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.
- English Word Cherty Definition Like chert; containing chert; flinty.
- English Word Cherub Definition A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.
- English Word Cherub Definition A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.
- English Word Cherub Definition One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.
- English Word Cherub Definition A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.