CPage 159
- English Word Chest Definition A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
- English Word Chest Definition A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
- English Word Chest Definition To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
- English Word Chest Definition To place in a coffin.
- English Word Chest Definition Strife; contention; controversy.
- English Word Chest founder Definition A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.
- English Word Chested Definition of Chest
- English Word Chested Definition Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.
- English Word Chesterlite Definition A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.
- English Word Chesteyn Definition The chestnut tree.
- English Word Chestnut Definition The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
- English Word Chestnut Definition The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
- English Word Chestnut Definition A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
- English Word Chestnut Definition The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
- English Word Chestnut Definition One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
- English Word Chestnut Definition An old joke or story.
- English Word Chestnut Definition Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
- English Word Chetah Definition See Cheetah.
- English Word Chetvert Definition A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.
- English Word Chevachie Definition See Chivachie.
- English Word Chevage Definition See Chiefage.
- English Word Cheval Definition A horse; hence, a support or frame.
- English Word Cheval-de-frise Definition A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
- English Word Chevalier Definition A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
- English Word Chevalier Definition A member of certain orders of knighthood.
- English Word Chevaux Definition of Cheval
- English Word Chevaux Definition See Cheval.
- English Word Chevaux-de-frise Definition of Cheval-de-frise
- English Word Cheve Definition To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise.
- English Word Chevelure Definition A hairlike envelope.