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Chough (?), n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceˇ; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chāha; perh. akin to E. caw. √22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zo÷l.) A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.

Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.

||Chou"i*cha (?), n. [Native name] (Zo÷l.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

||Chou"ka (?), n. [Native name] (Zo÷l.) The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.

Choule (?), n. [Obs.] See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.

||Choul"try (?), n. See Choltry.

Chouse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] [From Turk. chāūsh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of ú4,000.] To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]

The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. Landor.

Chouse, n. 1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.

2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.

3. A swindler. B. Jonson.

||Chout (?), n. [Mahratta chauth one fourth part.] An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [India] J. Mill.

Chow"chow` (?), a. [Chin.] Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).

Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. S. W. Williams.

Chow"chow` (chou"chou`), n. (Com.) A kind of mixed pickles.

Chow"der (-d&etl;r), n. [F. chaudiŔre a kettle, a pot. Cf. Caldron.] 1. (Cookery) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.

Chow"der, v. t. To make a chowder of.

||Chow"ry (-r&ybreve;), n. [Hind. chaunri.] A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom.

Chow"ter (-t&etilde;r), v. t. [Cf. OE. chowre, and Prov. E. chow, to grumble.] To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

Choy" root` (choi" r&oomac;t`). See Chay root.

Chre`ma*tis"tics (?), n. [Gr. &?; 9sc. &?;) the art of traffic, fr. &?; goods, money, fr. &?; to use.] The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

Chre`o*tech"nics (?), n. [Gr. &?; useful + &?; art.] The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [R.]

Chres`to*math"ic (?), a. Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

Chres*tom"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; useful + &?;, &?;, to learn.] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Chrism (?), n. [OE. crisme, from AS. crisma; also OE. creme, fr. OF. cresme, like the AS. word fr. LL. chrisma, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to anoint; perh. akin to L. friare, fricare, to rub, Skr. gharsh, E. friable, friction. Cf. Chrisom.] (Gr. & R. C. Church&?;s)

1. Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.