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To CHASTISE, tsh&s-tlze', v. <*■ To punish,to correct by punishment; to reduce to orderor obedience.
CHASTISEMENT, tsMs ttz-ment, 5 . Cor-rection, punishment-—See Xdyertiae.
CHASTISER, tshas-ti'zur, s . A punisher, acorrector.
CHASTITY , tshas'le-te , 5 . 511. Purity ofthe body ; freedom from obscenity ; freedomfrom bad mixture of any kind.
£3* I have in this word departed from Mr. Sheri-dan, and several other speakers, in the sound of the ain the first syllable, as no analogy can be clearer than(hat which prevails in words of this terminKtlnn,wherethe antepenultimate accent always shortens the vowel.Thun, though the a, e, andi, are long in ; vtTtw,and divine , they are short in humanity,serenity, anddivinity ; and unless custom clearly forbids, which Jdo not believe is the case, chastity ought certainly tohave the a as 1 have marked it.
CHASTLY, tshilstc'lc, ad. Without incon-tinence, purely, without contamination.
Win these words ])r. Johnson has very improper- Jly omitted the silent e; they ought to be writteuchastely and chasteness. —See Introduction to Rhym-ing Dictionary, Orthographical Aphorism the Uth .
CHASTNESS^sh&ste'neSjS.Chastity, purity.To CHAT, taluk, r. n. To prate, to talk idly;to prattle.
CHAT , tslult, s. Idle talk, prate.CHATELLANY, tshiU'tel-len-&, s. The dis-trict under the dominion of a castle.
CHATTEL, tshat'tl, s. 405. Any moveablepossession.
To CHATTER, tshat'tur, v. n. To make anoise as a pie, or other unharmonious bird ; tomake a noise by collision of the teeth; to talkidly or carelessly.
CHATTER, tshdt'tur, s. Noise like that of apie or monkey ; idle prate.
CHATTERER, tshfU'tfir-rur, 5 . An idle
talker.
CHAVENDER, tshilv'In-dur, s. The chub,a fish.
CHAUMONTELLE, shA-m6n-tcl', *. A sortof pear.
To CHAW, tsh&w, v. a. —See To Chew.CHAWDRON, tshaw'drun, s. Entrails.CHEAP, tshepc,«. To be had at a low rate;
easy to be had, not respected.
To CHEAPEN, tshe'pn, v. a. 103. To at-tempt to purchase, to bid for any thing; tolessen value.
CHEAPLY, tshepe'lfc, ad. At a small price,at a low rate.
CHEAPNESS, tsbepe'nes, s. Lowness ofprice.
To CHEAT, tsheto, r. a. To defraud, to im-pose upon, to trick.
CHEAT, tshke, s. A fraud, a trick, an im-posture ; a person guilty of fraud.CHEATER, tshe'tur, s. 95. One that prac-tises fraud.
To CHECK, tshek, r. a. To repress, to curb ;to reprove, to chide ; to control by a counterreckoning.
To CHECK, tshek, r. n. To stop, to make astop ; to dash, to interfere.
CHECK, tshek, s. Rcprcssure, stop, rebuff;restraint, curb, government; reproof, a slight;in falconry, ,when a hawk forsakes the proper‘JH
game to follow other birds; the cause of re-*straint, a stop.
^CHECKER, ? tshuk'fir, $ »• T °
To CHEQUER , $ ’ ^ gateordner-
sify, in the manner of a chess-board, with a!*termite colours
CHECKER-WORK,tshek'ur-wfirk,*. Work
varied alternately.
CHECKMATE, tshek'm&te, s. The move-ment on the chess-board that puts an end tothe game.
CHEEK, tshe&k, s. The side of the face be-low the eye ; n general name among media-nicks for almost all those pieces of their ma-chines that are double.
CHEEK-TOOTH, tsheck'tSoM, s. The
hinder tooth or tusk.
CHEER, tsheer, s. Entertainment, provi-sions; invitation to guyety ; gayety, jollity ;air of the countenance ; temper of mind.
To CHEER, tsheer, v. a. To incite, to en-courage, to inspirit; to comfort, to console, togladden.
To CHEER, tsheer, v. ti. To grow gay orgladsome.
CHEER ER, tsliee'rur, s. Gladdener, giver
of (rajety.
CHEERFUL, tslieir'fill, or tsliMfll, a. Oay,full of life, full of mirth; having an appear-ance of gayety.
£3* This word, like fearful, has contracted an irre-gular pronunciation that seems more expressive of theturn of mind it indicates than the long open e, whichlanguishes on the ear, and is not akin to the smartnessand vivacity of the idea. We r»gret these Irregulari-ties, but they are not to be entirely prevented; andas they sometimes arise from an cflbit of the mind toexpress the idea more forcibly, they should not be toostudiously avoided ; especially when custom has giventhem considerable currency; which l take to be thecase with the short pronunciation of the ptesent word.Mr. Sheridan and some other Orthoiiplsts seem toadopt the latter pronunciation; and W. Johnston, Dr.Kemick, aud Mr. Perry, the former; and a& this isagreeable to the orthography, and, it may be aod< d,to the etymology (which indicates that slate of mindwhich arises from being full of good cheer), it ought,unless the other has an evident preference in custom,to be looked upon as the most accurate. 241, 242.CHEERFULLY, tshcerTul-Ic, ad. Withoutdejection, with gayety.
CHEERFULNESS, tsheer'ful-nes, s. Free-dom from dejection, alacrity ; freedom fromgloominess.
CHEERLESS, tsheer'l&s, a.Without gayety,
comfort, or gladness.
CHEEULY, tsiteerl^, a, Oay, cheerful, notgloomy.
CHEEULY, tsheerle, ad. Cheerfully.CHEERY, tahee'ri, a. Gay, sprightly.CHEESE, tsheoze, s. A kind of food madeby pressing the cuid of milk.CHEESECAKE , tshtize'kake, s. 247. Acake made of soft curds, sugar, and butter.CHEESEMONGER, tsh^eze'mung-gur, sOne who deals in cheese.
CHEESEVAT, tsheoze'vAt , s. The woodencase in which the curds are pressed into cheeseCHEESY, tshee'zc, a. Having the natureor fin m of cheese.
CHELY, ke'le, 353. The claw of a shell fish.To CHERISH, tr.her'rish, v. a. To support,to slieller, to nurse up.