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- English Word Chewink Definition An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.
- English Word Cheyennes Definition A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.
- English Word Chian Definition Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
- English Word Chiaro-oscuro Definition The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
- English Word Chiaro-oscuro Definition The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.
- English Word Chiaroscurist Definition A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
- English Word Chiaroscuro Definition Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro
- English Word Chiasm Definition Alt. of Chiasma
- English Word Chiasma Definition A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.
- English Word Chiasmus Definition An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
- English Word Chiastolite Definition A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.
- English Word Chibbal Definition See Cibol.
- English Word Chibouk Definition A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.
- English Word Chibouque Definition Alt. of Chibouk
- English Word Chic Definition Good form; style.
- English Word Chica Definition A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
- English Word Chica Definition A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
- English Word Chica Definition A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
- English Word Chicane Definition The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
- English Word Chicane Definition To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
- English Word Chicaner Definition One who uses chicanery.
- English Word Chicanery Definition Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
- English Word Chiccory Definition See Chicory.
- English Word Chich Definition The chick-pea.
- English Word Chicha Definition See Chica.
- English Word Chiches Definition of Chich
- English Word Chichevache Definition A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.
- English Word Chichling Definition Alt. of Chichling vetch
- English Word Chichling vetch Definition A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.
- English Word Chick Definition To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.