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Chad (shăd), n. See Shad. [Obs.]

||ChŠ*te"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; hair.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

ChŠ*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. &?; hair + -ferous.] (Zo÷l.) Bearing setŠ.

ChŠ"to*dont (?), n. [Gr. &?; hair + &?;, &?;, tooth.] (Zo÷l.) A marine fish of the family ChŠtodontidŠ. The chŠtodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

ChŠto*dont, a. Of or pertaining to the ChŠtodonts or the family ChŠtodontidŠ.

ChŠ"tog*nath (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the ChŠtognatha.

||ChŠ*tog"na*tha (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; hair + &?; jaw.] (Zo÷l) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

ChŠ"to*pod (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Pertaining to the ChŠtopoda. -- n. One of the ChŠtopoda.

||ChŠ*top"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; hair + -poda.] (Zo÷l.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setŠ, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: OligochŠta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and PolychŠta, including most of the marine species.

ChŠ"to*tax`y (?), n. [Gr. &?; hair + &?; arrangement.] (Zo÷l.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

Chafe (chāf), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (chāft); p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.] 1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.

2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Her intercession chafed him. Shak.

3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Chafe, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow.

The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak.

2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser.

He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak.

Chafe, n. 1. Heat excited by friction.

2. Injury or wear caused by friction.

3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.

Chaf"er (?), n. 1. One who chafes.