Part 1801

<h1>Chaplaincy</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"lain*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Chaplaincies</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The office, position, or station of a chaplain.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Chaplainship</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"lain*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The office or business of a chaplain.</def>

<blockquote>The Bethesda of some knight's <b>chaplainship</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The possession or revenue of a chapel.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Chapless</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "Yellow, <i>chapless</i> skulls." <i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chaplet</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chapelet</ets>, dim. of OF. <ets>chapel</ets> hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. <ets>cappa</ets>. See <er>Cap</er>, and cf. <er>Chapelet</er>, <er>Chapeau</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.</def>

<blockquote>Her <b>chaplet</b> of beads and her missal. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A chapelet. See <er>Chapelet</er>, 1.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Chaplet</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"let</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small chapel or shrine.</def>

<h1>Chaplet</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"let</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chapleted</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.</def>

<i>R. Browning.</i>

<h1>Chapman</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chapmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>ce\'a0pman</ets>; <ets>ce\'a0p</ets> trade + <ets>man</ets> man; akin to D. <ets>koopman</ets>, Sw. <ets>k\'94pman</ets>, Dan. <ets>ki\'94pmand</ets>, G. <ets>kaufmann</ets>.f. <er>Chap</er> to cheapen, and see <er>Cheap</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those <b>chapmen</b> who are unwilling to buy it. <i>T. Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A peddler; a hawker.</def>