Part 216

By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts. Shak.

2. The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry. Dryden.

3. The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.

The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. Shak.

4. (Eng. Law) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.

5. Exploit. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Court of chivalry, a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

Chive (?), n. (Bot.) A filament of a stamen. [Obs.]

Chive (?), n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. Cives, Cibol.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Allium Schťnoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also cive.]

Chiv"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

Chlam"y*date (?), a. [L. chlamydatus dressed in a military cloak. See Chlamys.] (Zo÷l.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

Chlam"y*phore (?), n. [Gr. &?; cloak + &?; to bear.] (Zo÷l.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

||Chla"mys (?), n.; pl. E. Chlamyses (#), L. Chlamydes (#). [L., from Gr. &?;.] A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

||Chlo*as"ma (?), n. [Gr. &?; to be green.] (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

Chlo"ral (?), n. [Chlorine + alcohol.] 1. (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

2. (Med.) Chloral hydrate.

Chloral hydrate, a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

Chlo"ral*am`ide (?), n. [Chloral + amide.] (Chem.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

Chlo"ral*ism (?), n. (Med.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

Chlor`al"um (?), n. [Chlorine + aluminium.] An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

Chlor`an"il (?), n. [Chlorine + aniline.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.

Chlo"rate (?), n. [Cf. F. chlorate. See Chlorine.] (Chem.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

Chlor`au"rate (?), n. [Chlorine + aurate.] (Chem.) See Aurochloride.

Chlor`hy"dric (?), a. [Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic.] (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloric.

Chlor`hy"drin (?), n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

Chlo"ric (?), a. [From Chlorine.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3.

Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.

Chlo"ri*date (?), v. t. To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.