Part 1786

<hw>Cham"ber*maid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lady's maid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Chambertin</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham`ber*tin"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.</def>

<h1>Chambrel</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"brel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Gambrel</er>.</def>

<h1>Chameck</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cha*meck"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native Brazilian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of spider monkey (<spn>Ateles chameck</spn>), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.</def>

<h1>Chameleon</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cha*me"le*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Chamaeleon</ets>, Gr. <?/, lit., "ground lion;" <?/ on the ground + <?/ lion. See <er>Humble</er>, and <er>Lion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A lizardlike reptile of the genus <spn>Cham\'91leo</spn>, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.</def>

<note>&hand; Its color changes more or less with the color of the objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green, or blood red, of various shades, and more or less mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong to <spn>Anolis</spn> and allied genera of the family <spn>Iguanid\'91</spn>. They are more slender in form than the true chameleons, but have the same power of changing their colors.</note>

<cs><col>Chameleon mineral</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the compound called <altname>potassium permanganate</altname>, a dark violet, crystalline substance, <chform>KMnO4</chform>, which in formation passes through a peculiar succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc. See <cref>Potassium permanganate</cref>, under <er>Potassium</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chameleonize</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cha*me"le*on*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To change into various colors.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Chamfer</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chamfron</er>.]</ety> <def>The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.</def>

<h1>Chamfer</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"fer</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chamfered</er> ; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chamfering</er>.(<?/)]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a chamfer on.</def>

<h1>Chamfret</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"fret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chamfron</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A chamfer.</def>

<h1>Chamfron</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"fron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chanfrein</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>champfrain</asp> and <asp>chamfrain</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chamlet</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Cham"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Camlet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>