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<hw>Chan"dler*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a chandler; in a petty way.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Chandlery</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"dler*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Commodities sold by a chandler.</def>

<h1>Chandoo</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan*doo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.</def>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Chandry</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"dry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Chandlery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Torches from the <i>chandry</i>."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Chanfrin</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"frin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chanfrein</ets>. Cf. <er>Chamfron</er>.]</ety> <def>The fore part of a horse's head.</def>

<h1>Change</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Change</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Changed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Changing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>changer</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>cambiare</ets>, to exchange, barter, L. <ets>cambire</ets>. Cf. <er>Cambial</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; <as>as, to <ex>change</ex> the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to <ex>change</ex> the countenance.</as></def>

<blockquote>Therefore will I <b>change</b> their glory into shame. <i>Hosea. iv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; <as>as, to <ex>change</ex> the clothes; to <ex>change</ex> one's occupation; to <ex>change</ex> one's intention.</as></def>

<blockquote>They that do <b>change</b> old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! <i>Peele.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by <i>with</i>; <as>as, to <ex>change</ex> place, or hats, or money, with another</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, <b>change</b> thy fortune and condition. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called <i>change</i>) for; <as>as, to <ex>change</ex> a gold coin or a bank bill</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me <b>change</b> it. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To change a horse, <it>or</it> To change hand</col> <fld>(Man.)</fld>, <cd>to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left.</cd> -- <col>To change hands</col>, <cd>to change owners.</cd> -- <col>To change one's tune</col>, <cd>to become less confident or boastful.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To change step</col>, <cd>to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See <er>Alter</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Change</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be altered; to undergo variation; <as>as, men sometimes <ex>change</ex> for the better</as>.</def>

<blockquote>For I am Lord, I <b>change</b> not. <i>Mal. iii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pass from one phase to another; <as>as, the moon <ex>changes</ex> to-morrow night</as>.</def>

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