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t? 559. Fite 73, fitr77,fill 83, fit 81—me 93, m^t 95—pine 105,pfnlG7—n6 162, rnSve 161,
& This word,with other* of the same form, such a*range,strange, mange, &c.arp, in the west of England,pmitomtcud with the short sound of a iti ran, man,fee. The same may he observed of the a in the firstsyllable of angel, ancient , &c. which, in tnat part ofthe kingdom, sounds like the article tm; and this,thou'di disa.-reeahle t<» a London ear, and contrary tothe best usage, which lot ms the only rule, is moreanalogical than pronouncing them as if writtenchaingc, strainge, aincirnt , ainge'., 6cc. for we findevry other vowel in this situation shot t, as revenge,hinge, sponge, Vc.
To CHANGE, tshinje, v . n . To undergochange, to sutler alteration.
CHANGE, tshinje, *. An alteration of thestate of any thing ; a succession of one tilingin the place of another; the time of the moonin which it begins a new monthly revolution ;novelty; an alteration of the order in which aset of bells is sounded ; that which makes avariety ; small money.
CHANGEABLE, tsnknje'&-bl, o. Subjectto change, fickle, inconstant; possible to bechanged ; having the quality of exhibiting dif-ferent appearances.
CHANGEAHLENESS, tshknje'4-bl-nes, s.
Susceptibility of change; inconstancy, fickle-ness. , .
CHANGEABLY, tshanje fi-ble, ad . Incon-stantly. ,
CHANGEFUL, tshanje'fiil, «. Inconstant,•uncertain, mutable.
CHANGELING, tshknje'llng, *. A childleft or taken in the place of another; an idiot, anatural; one apt to changeCHANGER, tshkne'jur, 5. One that is em-ployed in changing or discounting money.CHANNEL, tsh&n'n&l, s. 99. The hollowbed of running waters ; any cavity drawnlongways; a strait or narrow sea; a gut orfurrow of a pillar.
To CHANNEL, tshan'nel, v.a. To cut anything in channels.
To CHANT, tshdnt, v. a. To sing ; to cele-brate by song; to sing in the cathedral service.
To CHANT, tshant, v. n. 78. To sing.
CH ANT, tshant, s. 79. Song, melodyCHANTER,tshan'tfir, s. A singer,a songster.CHANTICLEER, tshan'te-kleer, s. The
cock, from his crow.
CH ANTRESS, tshan'tres, s.Awoman singer.CHANTRY, tshin'tre, s.Chantry is a churchendowed with revenue for priests* to sing massfor the souls of the donors.
CHAOS, kk'6s, s. 353. The mass of mattersupposed to be in confusion before it was di-vided by the creation huo its proper classesanil elements ; confusion, irregular mixture ;any thing where the £arts are undistinguished.
CH AOTICK, kk-St'tik, a.Resembling chaos,
ronfu sed.
To CHAP, tshflp, v. a. To divide the surfaceof the ground by excessive heat; to divide theskin of the face or hands by excessive cold.try ’he etymology of this word will not sutler usto write it chop ; dud universal usage will not permitus to pronounce it chap.' so that it must be classedamong those incorrigible words, the pronunciationand oithography of which must ever be at variance.
CHAV, tshilp,... A cleft, a gaping, a chink.CHAP, tshiip, s. The upper or under partof a beast', mouth.
CHARE, tshkpe, s. The catch of anything,by which it is held in its place.
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CHAPEL, tsh&p'el, s. A chapel is eitheradjoining to a church, as a parcel of the same,or separate, called a Chapel of Ease.
CHAPELESS, tshkpe'l^s, a. Without achape. , _
CHAPELLANY, tshap'pel-Iin-ne, s. Acha-pellany is founded within some other church.
CHAPELRY, tship'pel-rc, s. The jurisdic-tion or bounds of a chapel.
CHAPFALN, tshtip'faln, a. Having themouth shrunk.—See Catcal.
CHAPLAIN, tshiip'lin, s. 208. He that at-tends the king, or other great person, to per-form divine service.
CHAPLAINSHIP, tsh&p'lln-shlp, s. Theoffice or business of a chaplain; the posses-sion or revenue of a chapel.
CIIAPLESS, tsliiip'l^s, a. Without any fleshabout the mouth.
CHAPLET, tshiip'l^t, s. A garland or wreathto be worn about the head ; a string of beadsused in the Roman church ; in architecture, alittle moulding carved into round heads.
CHAPMAN, tskdp'mdn, s. 88.A cheapener,
one that offers as a purchaser.
CHAPS, tshdps, s. The mouth of a beast of
prey • the entrance into a channel.
CHAPT, ItchAnt 5 P art ' P aS8 ' Cracked,CHAPPED,r sll0 PM cleft.
CHAPTER, tshilp'tur, s. A division of abook ; ail assembly of the clergy of the cathe-dral; the place in which assemblies of theclergy are held.
CHAPTREL, tsh&p'trel, s. The capitals ofpillars, or pilastres, which support arches.
CHAR, tshur, s. A fish found only in Win-ander-meer, in Lancashire .
To CHAR, tshiir, v. a. To burn wood to ablack cinder.
CHAR, tsharc, s. Work done by the day.
To CHAR, tshkre, r. n. To work at other/houses by the clay.
ty As the maid that milks,
u And does the meanest chars
In Ireland they seem to have retained the genuinepronunciation of ibis, as well as many other old Eng lish words ; I mean that which is agreeable to the or-thography, and rhyming wilh tar. In English it isgenerally heard like chair to sit on, and its compound,char-uotnan, like chair-tt'oman. Skinner, 1 know,admits that the word may be derived from tbe Dutch keeren , to sweep ; and Junius spells the word chare,and tells us the taxons have the same word spelledci/rre, signifying business nr charge ; but be its deri-vation what it will, cither the orthography, or the pro-nunciation, ought to be altered ; for, as it stands atpresent, it is a singular and disgraceful anomaly.
CHAR-WOMAN, tsh&re'wftm-un, s. A wo-
man hired accidentally for odd work.
CHARACTER, kilr'ilk-tur, s. 353. A mark,a stamp, a representation; a letter used inwilling or printing; the hand or manner ofwriting ; a representation of any man as to hispersonal qualities; an account of anythingas good or bad; the person with his assem-blage of qualities.
To CHARACTER, Ui'llk-tur, r. a. To in-scribe, to engrave.
CHARACTERISTICAL, k£r-uk-te- )
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CHARACTF.RISTICK,kar4k-te-rls'- (
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Constituting or pointing out the true character