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Chips (?), n. (Naut.) A ship's carpenter. [Cant.]

||Chi*ra"gra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; hand + &?; seizure.] (Med.) Gout in the hand.

Chi*rag"ric*al (?), a. Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir. T. Browne.

||Chi*ret"ta (?), n. [Hind. chirāītā.] A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

Chirk (?), v. i. [Cf. Chirp, also Creak.] 1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.]

All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.

2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chirk, v. t. To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

Chirk, a. [From Chirk, v. i.] Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]

Chirm (?), v. i. [Cf. AS. cyrman, cirman, to cry out. √24 Cf. Chirp.] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.] Huloet.

Chi*rog"no*my (?), n. [Gr. chei`r hand + &?; understanding.] The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

Chi"ro*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; written with the hand; chei`r hand + gra`fein to write.] (Old. Law) (a) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. (b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. Bouvier.

Chi*rog"ra*pher (?), n. 1. One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

2. See chirographist, 2.

Chirographer of fines (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.

{ Chi`ro*graph"ic (?), Chi`ro*graph"ic*al (?) } a. Of or pertaining to chirography.

Chi*rog"ra*phist (?), n. 1. A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

2. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.

Chi*rog"ra*phy (?), n. 1. The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

2. The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

Chi`ro*gym"nast (?), n. [Gr. chei`r hand + &?; trainer of athletes, gymnast.] A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.

Chi`ro*log"ic*al (?), a. Relating to chirology.

Chi*rol"o*gist (?), n. One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

Chi*rol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -logy.] The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Chi"ro*man`cer (?), n. One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.

Chi"ro*mancy (?), n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -mancy.] The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

{ Chi"ro*man`ist (?), Chi"ro*man`tist (?) } n. [Gr. &?;.] A chiromancer.

{ Chi`ro*man"tic (?), Chi`ro*man"tic*al (?) } a. Of or pertaining to chiromancy.