| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chab | noun | The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus). |
| chak | verb i. | To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle. |
| chad | noun | See Shad. |
| cham | verb t. | To chew., The sovereign prince of Tartary; — now usually written khan. |
| chap | verb t. | To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough., To strike; to beat., To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap., To strike; to knock; to rap., A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin., A division; a breach, as in a party., A blow; a rap., One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; — commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings., One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc., A buyer; a chapman., A man or boy; a youth; a fellow., To bargain; to buy. |
| char | noun | Alt. of Charr, A car; a chariot., Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore., Alt. of Chare, Alt. of Chare, To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder., To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood. |
| chat | verb i. | To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip., To talk of., Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip., A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat., A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit., Small stones with ore. |
| chaw | verb t. | To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit., To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over., As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid., The jaw. |
| chef | noun | A chief of head person., The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc., Same as Chief. |
| ches | pret. of Chese. | |
| chew | verb t. | To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate., To ruminate mentally; to meditate on., To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate., That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. |
| chic | noun | Good form; style. |
| chin | noun | The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw., The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds. |
| chip | verb t. | To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew., To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery., To bet, as with chips in the game of poker., To break or fly off in small pieces., A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument., A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece., Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets., Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; — used contemptuously., One of the counters used in poker and other games., The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. |
| chit | noun | The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes., A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal., An excrescence on the body, as a wart., A small tool used in cleaving laths., To shoot out; to sprout., Chideth. |
| chop | verb t. | To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; — often with up., To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; — usually with off or down., To seize or devour greedily; — with up., To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument., To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize., To interrupt; — with in or out., To barter or truck., To exchange; substitute one thing for another., To purchase by way of truck., To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about., To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words., A change; a vicissitude., To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i., The act of chopping; a stroke., A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop., A crack or cleft. See Chap., A jaw of an animal; — commonly in the pl. See Chops., A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise., The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops., Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop., A permit or clearance. |
| chub | noun | A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. |
| chud | verb t. | To champ; to bite. |
| chum | noun | A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend., To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college., Chopped pieces of fish used as bait. |