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2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

Syn. -- See Chasten.

Chas"tise*ment (?), n. [From Chastise.] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak.

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

Chas*tis"er (?), n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor.

The chastiser of the rich. Burke.

Chas"ti*ty (?), n. [F. chastetÚ, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.

2. Moral purity.

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Chas"u*ble (?), n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.]

Chat (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] [From Chatter. √22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.

To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.

Chat, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]

Chat, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.

2. (Zo÷l.) 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 SaxicolidŠ, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

Bush chat. (Zo÷l.) See under Bush.

Chat, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.

Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]

||Cha`teau" (?), n.; pl. Chateux (#). [F. chÔteau a castle. See Castle.] 1. A castle or a fortress in France.

2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.