Part 1795

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One apt to change; an inconstant person.</def>

<h1>Chank</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chank"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>\'87a\'efkha</ets>. See <er>Conch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. <spn>Turbinella pyrum</spn>. Called also <altname>chank chell</altname>.</def>

<h1>Channel</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chanel</ets>, <ets>canel</ets>, OF. <ets>chanel</ets>, F. <ets>chenel</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canalis</ets>. See <er>Canal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; <as>as, the British <ex>Channel</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; <as>as, the news was conveyed to us by different <ex>channels</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The veins are converging <b>channels</b>. <i>Dalton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At best, he is but a <b>channel</b> to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chain wales</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Channel bar</col>, <col>Channel iron</col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.</cd> -- <col>Channel bill</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a very large Australian cucko (<spn>Scythrops Nov\'91hollandi\'91</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Channel goose</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Gannet</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Channel</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"nel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Channeled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Channelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Channeling</er>, or <er>Channelling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.</def>

<blockquote>No more shall trenching war <b>channel</b> her fields. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To course through or over, as in a channel.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Channeling</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"nel*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of forming a channel or channels.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A channel or a system of channels; a groove.</def>

<h1>Chanson</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan"son</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>cantion</ets> song. See <er>Cantion</er>, <er>Canzone</er>.]</ety> <def>A song.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chansonnette</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Chan`son*nette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chansonnettes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>chanson</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little song.</def>

<blockquote>These pretty little <b>chansonnettes</b> that he sung. <i>Black.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chant</h1> <Xpage=238>