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nor 167, ndt 163—tube 171, t&b 172, bull 173— oil 299—p&und 313 —thin 466, this 469.

CHITTY, tsh’t'tc, a. Childish, like a baby. ]CHIVALROUS, tshiv'al-rus, a. Relating to ichivalry, knightly, warlike. i

CHIVALRY, tshlv'al-re, s. Knighthood , a

military dignity ; the qualifications of a knight,as valour; the general system of knighthood.CHIVES, tshivz, a. The threads or filamentsrising in flowers, with seeds at the end; aspecies of small onion.

CHLOROSIS, klo-ro'sts,^ 353. The greensickness.

To CHOAK, tshoke, t. a.—See Choke.CHOCOLATE , tshSk'o-lkte, s. 01. The notof the cocoa-tree; the mass made by grindingthe kernel of the cocoa-nut, to be dissolved inhot water; the liquor made by a solution ofchocolate. , . , ,,

CHOCOLATE -HOUSE,tsh6k'o-l&te-hbuses. A house for drinking chocolate.CHODE,tshode.The old preterit fromChide.Obsolete.

CHOICE, tshMse, s. The act of choosing,election ; the power of choosing; care in choos-ing, curiosity of distinction ; the thing chosen;the best part of any thin^; several things pro-posed as objects of election.

CHOICE, tsholse, a. Select, of extraordi-nary value ; chary, frugal, careful.CHOICELESS, tshulsedes, a. Without thepower of choosing.

CHOICELY, tsliolse'le, ad. Curiously,withexact choice ; valuably, excellently.CHOICENESS, tshoWnes, s. Nicety, par-ticular value.

CHOIR , kwire, s. 300, 356. An assembly orband of singers; the singers in divine worship;the part of the church where the singers areplaced.

To CHOKE, tshoke, v. a. To suffocate ; tostop up, to block up a passage; to hinder byobstruction; to suppress; to overpower.CHOKE, tshoke, s. The filamentous or ca-pillary part of an artichoke.

CHOKE-REAR, tshoke'pare, 5. A rough,harsh, unpalatable pear; any sarcasm thatslops the mouth.

CHOKER, tsliA'kur, s. One that chokes.CHOKY, tshoke, a. That which has thepower of suffocation.

CHOLAG OGUES, k6l y a-g6gz, s. Medicineshaving the power of purging bile.

CHOLER , li6l'lur, s. The bile ; the humour^ supposed to produce irascibility -, anger, rage.CHOLERICK, kSl'lur-rik, a. Aboundingwith choler ; angry, irascible.

CHOLERICKNF.SS, kSl'l&r-rik-nes, s. An-peevishness.

T0 t w? O TVw ze ’ *>• «• X chose, I have

h05 r,',;rl°, ? e 'P wa ^ of preference of se-veral thmgs offered ; to select, to pick out of a

of theologkins? Ct ^ eterna * happiness ; a term

This word is sometimes improperly writtenchuse. which is a needless departure from its French etymology in chotsiri as well as from our own analogy*n the preterit chose .

To CHOOSE, tshSSze, v. n. To have thepower of choice.

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CHOOSER, tshS&'zur, s. He that has thepower of choosing, elector.

To CHOP, tsh6p, v. a. To cut with a quickblow; to devour eagerly ; to menace, to cutinto small pieces ; to break into chinks.

To CHOP, tsh&p, v. n. To do any thing witha quick motion; to light or happen upon athing.

To CHOP, tskSp, u, a. To purchase, gene-rally by way of truck; to put one thing in theplace of another; to bandy, to altercate.CHOP, tsh6p,s.A piece chopped off; a smallpiece of meat; a crack, or cleft.CHOP-HOUSE, tsh&p'house, s . A meanhouse of entertainment.

£3* Dr. Johnson, in this defmiiion, seems to haverated a chop-house too low, and to have had a Cook's *shop or an Eating-house in his wind. Since coffee-houses are become eating-houses and taverns, chop-houses are, perhaps, a little depreciated; but this wasnot the case till long after Dr. Johnson’s Dictionarywas published; and 1 think they may still, withoutany impropriety, be called Reputable houses of readyentertainment.

CHOPIN,tsh&-peen ',$. 112. A French liquidmeasure, containing nearly a pint of Winches-ter ; a term used in Scotland for a quart ofwine measure.

CHOPPING, tshiSp'pIng, a. An epithet fre-quently applied to infants, by way of commen-dation, meaning large or well grown.CHOPPING-KNIFE , tsh^pplng-nife, 5. Aknife used in chopping.

CHOPPY,tsh6p'p£,a.Full of holesor cracks.CHOPS, tshdps, s. The mouth of a beast;

the mouth of any thing in familiar language.CHORAL , k<Vr&I , a. 353. Sung by a choir;singing in a choir.

CHORD , kord, $. The string of a musicalinstrument; a right line, which joins the twoends of any arch of a circle.

To CHORD , kord, v a . 353. To furnish with

strings.

CHORD EE, kor-dee, s. A contraction of thefraenum.

CHORION, ko're-dn, s. The outward mem-brane that enwraps the fcctus.

CHORISTER, kwii'rfs-tur, s. 300. A singerin the cathedrals, a singing boy ; a singer ina concert. 356. . 5

CHOROGRAPHER, ko-rog gra-fur, s. Hethat describes particular regions or countries.CHOROGRAPHICAL, kor-ro-grtlf'e-kal,a. Descriptive of particular regions.CHOROGRAPHICALLY, knr-ro-grif'J:.

kal-le, ad. In a chorographical manner.CHOROGRAPHY, ko-rfig'gnt-fe, s. The artof describing particular regions.

CHORUS , kovus, s. 353. A number of sin-gers, a concert; the persons who are supposedto behold what passes in the acts of the an-cient tragedy ; the song between the acts of atragedy; verses of a song in which the com-pany join the singer.

CHOSE, tshAse. The prefer tense, from To

choose.

CHOSEN, tsho'zn, 103. The participle pas-

sive, from To choose.

CHOUGH, tshuf, 301. A bird which fro-quents the rocks by the sea-