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-- Chei*ros"o*phist (&?;), n.

||Chei`ro*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; hand + &?; beast.] (Poleon.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

Chek`e*la*toun" (?), n. See Ciclatoun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Chek"mak (?), n. A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

||Che"la (?), n.; pl. ChelŠ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw.] (Zo÷l.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

Che"late (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Same as Cheliferous.

Chel`e*ryth"rine (?), n. [Gr. &?; celandine + 'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.) An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.

||Che*lic"e*ra (k&esl;*l&ibreve;s"&esl;*r&adot;), n.; pl. ChelicerŠ (-rē). [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn.] (Zo÷l.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

Chel"i*don (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. chelidw`n.] (Anat.) The hollow at the flexure of the arm.

Chel`i*don"ic (?), a. [See Celandine.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.

Chelidonic acid, a weak acid extracted from the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.

||Chel`i*do"ni*us (?), n. [L. (sc. lapillus.)] A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

Chel"i*fer (?), n. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -fer.] (Zo÷l.) See Book scorpion, under Book.

Che*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -ferous.] (Zo÷l.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab.

Chel"i*form (?), a. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -form.] (Zo÷l.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

||Che*lo"ne (?), n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order ScrophulariaceŠ, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

||Che*lo"ni*a (k&esl;*lō"n&ibreve;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise.] (Zo÷l.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrŠ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

Che*lo"ni*an (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind. -- n. One of the Chelonia.

||Che*lu"ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + &?; tail.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

Che"ly (?), n. A claw. See Chela. [Obs.]

Chem"ic (?), n. [See Chenistry.] 1. A chemist; an alchemist. [Obs.]

2. (Bleaching) A solution of chloride of lime.

Chem"ic, a. Chemical. Blackw. Mag.

Chem"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.

Chemical attraction or affinity. See under Attraction.

Chem"ic*al, n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.

Chem"ic*al*ly, adv. According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.

Chem`i*glyph"ic (?), a. [Chemical + &?; to engrave.] Engraved by a voltaic battery.