Part 231

Chris"tian*ly, a. Christianlike. Longfellow.

Chris"tian*ness, n. Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.

Christ"less (?), a. Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.

Christ"like` (?), a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.

Christ"ly, a. Christlike. H. Bushnell.

Christ"mas (?), n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.

Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as Christmas. -- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas. -- Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern (Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter. -- Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. -- Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.

Christ"mas*tide` (?), n. [Christmas + tide time.] The season of Christmas.

Chris"to*cen"tric (?), a. [Christ + centric.] Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

Chris*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Crist + -logy.] A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

Chris"tom (?), n. See Chrisom. [Obs.] Shak.

Chris*toph"a*ny (?), n. [Christ + Gr. &?; to show.] An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

Christ's-thorn` (?), n. (Bot.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

Chro"ma*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; color + -scope.] An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.

Chro"mate (?), n. [Cf. F. chromate. See Chrome.] (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid.

Chro*mat"ic (?), a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. &?;, suited for color, fr. &?;, &?;, color; akin to &?; color, &?; skin, color of the skin.] 1. Relating to color, or to colors.

2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

&fist; The intermediate tones were formerly written and printed in colors.

Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4. -- Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors. -- Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.

Chro*mat"ic*al (?), a. Chromatic. [Obs.]

Chro*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a chromatic manner.

Chro*mat"ics (?), n. The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.

Chro"ma*tin (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, color.] (Biol.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

Chro"ma*tism (?), n. [Gr. &?; a coloring.]

1. (Optics) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

2. (Bot.) An abnormal coloring of plants.

Chro`ma*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;, color + -genous.] Producing color.

Chro`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, color + -graphy.] A treatise on colors