Part 1781

<hw>Chal*de"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Chaldaeus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Chaldea.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Nestorian.</def></def2>

<h1>Chaldee</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chal"dee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Chaldea.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Chaldee Paraphrase</col>, <cd>A targum written in Aramaic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chaldrich, Chalder</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw><hw>Chal"drich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chal"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>tjaldr</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.</def>

<h1>Chaldron</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chal"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chaldron</ets>, F. <ets>chaudron</ets> kettle. The same word as <ets>caldron</ets>.]</ety> <def>An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exlusively for coal and coke.</def>

<note>&hand; In the United States the <i>chaldron</i> is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs.</note>

<i>De Colange.</i>

<h1>Chalet</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cha*let"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chalets</b> are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.</def>

<h1>Chalice</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chal"ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OR. <ets>chalis</ets>, <ets>calice</ets>, OF. <ets>chalice</ets>, <ets>calice</ets>, F. <ets>calice</ets>, fr. L. <ets>calix</ets>, akin to Gr. <?/ and E. <ets>helmet</ets>. Cf. <er>Calice</er>, <er>Calyx</er>.]</ety> <def>A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.</def>

<h1>Chaliced</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chal"iced</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a calyx or cup; cupshaped.</def> "<i>Chaliced</i> flowers."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chalk</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chalk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cealc</ets> lime, from L. <ets>calx</ets> limestone. See <er>Calz</er>, and <er>Cawk</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See <er>Crayon</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Black chalk</col>, <cd>a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.</cd> -- <col>By a long chalk</col>, <cd>by a long way; by many degrees. <mark>[Slang]</mark> <i>Lowell</i>.</cd> -- <col>Chalk drawing</col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>a drawing made with crayons. See <er>Crayon</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chalk formation</col>. <cd>See <cref>Cretaceous formation</cref>, under <er>Cretaceous</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chalk line</col>, <cd>a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work.</cd> -- <col>Chalk mixture</col>, <cd>a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants.</cd> -- <col>Chalk period</col>. <cd><fld>(Geol.)</fld> See <cref>Cretaceous period</cref>, under <er>Cretaceous</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chalk pit</col>, <cd>a pit in which chalk is dug.</cd> -- <col>Drawing chalk</col>. <cd>See <er>Crayon</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</cd> -- <col>French chalk</col>, <cd>steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral.</cd> -- <col>Red chalk</col>, <cd>an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chalk</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chalk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chalked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chalking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rub or mark with chalk.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To manure with chalk, as land.</def>

<i>Morimer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.</def>