CPage 162
- English Word Chick Definition A chicken.
- English Word Chick Definition A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.
- English Word Chick-pea Definition A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.
- English Word Chick-pea Definition Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.
- English Word Chickabiddy Definition A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.
- English Word Chickadee Definition A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.
- English Word Chickaree Definition The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.
- English Word Chickasaws Definition A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.
- English Word Chicken Definition A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
- English Word Chicken Definition A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
- English Word Chicken pox Definition A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.
- English Word Chicken-breasted Definition Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
- English Word Chicken-hearted Definition Timid; fearful; cowardly.
- English Word Chickling Definition A small chick or chicken.
- English Word Chickweed Definition The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.
- English Word Chicky Definition A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.
- English Word Chicory Definition A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.
- English Word Chicory Definition The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.
- English Word Chide Definition To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
- English Word Chide Definition Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
- English Word Chide Definition To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
- English Word Chide Definition To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
- English Word Chide Definition A continuous noise or murmur.
- English Word Chider Definition One who chides or quarrels.
- English Word Chideress Definition She who chides.
- English Word Chidester Definition A female scold.
- English Word Chidingly Definition In a chiding or reproving manner.
- English Word Chief Definition The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.
- English Word Chief Definition The principal part; the most valuable portion.
- English Word Chief Definition The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.