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- English Word Chime Definition To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- English Word Chime Definition To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- English Word Chimed Definition of Chime
- English Word Chimer Definition One who chimes.
- English Word Chimera Definition A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
- English Word Chimera Definition A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
- English Word Chimeras Definition of Chimera
- English Word Chimere Definition The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.
- English Word Chimeric Definition Chimerical.
- English Word Chimerical Definition Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
- English Word Chimerically Definition Wildy; vainly; fancifully.
- English Word Chiminage Definition A toll for passage through a forest.
- English Word Chiming Definition of Chime
- English Word Chimney Definition A fireplace or hearth.
- English Word Chimney Definition That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
- English Word Chimney Definition A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
- English Word Chimney Definition A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.
- English Word Chimney-breast Definition The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.
- English Word Chimney-piece Definition A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.
- English Word Chimneys Definition of Chimney
- English Word Chimpanzee Definition An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
- English Word Chin Definition The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
- English Word Chin Definition The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
- English Word Chin cough Definition Whooping cough.
- English Word China Definition A country in Eastern Asia.
- English Word China Definition China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.
- English Word Chinaldine Definition See Quinaldine.
- English Word Chinaman Definition A native of China; a Chinese.
- English Word Chinamen Definition of Chinaman
- English Word Chincapin Definition See Chinquapin.