CPage 163
- English Word Chief Definition Highest in office or rank; principal; head.
- English Word Chief Definition Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.
- English Word Chief Definition Very intimate, near, or close.
- English Word Chief baron Definition The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.
- English Word Chief hare Definition A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
- English Word Chief justice Definition The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
- English Word Chief-justiceship Definition The office of chief justice.
- English Word Chiefage Definition A tribute by the head; a capitation tax.
- English Word Chiefest Definition First or foremost; chief; principal.
- English Word Chiefless Definition Without a chief or leader.
- English Word Chiefly Definition In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
- English Word Chiefly Definition For the most part; mostly.
- English Word Chiefrie Definition A small rent paid to the lord paramount.
- English Word Chieftain Definition A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
- English Word Chieftaincy Definition Alt. of Chieftainship
- English Word Chieftainship Definition The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
- English Word Chierte Definition Love; tender regard.
- English Word Chievance Definition An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.
- English Word Chieve Definition See Cheve, v. i.
- English Word Chiff-chaff Definition A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
- English Word Chiffo Definition Alt. of niere
- English Word Chiffonier Definition Alt. of niere
- English Word Chignon Definition A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head.
- English Word Chigoe Definition Alt. of Chigre
- English Word Chigre Definition A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger.
- English Word Chikara Definition The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India.
- English Word Chikara Definition The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).
- English Word Chilblain Definition A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
- English Word Chilblain Definition To produce chilblains upon.
- English Word Child Definition A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.