Part 1802

<h1>Chappy</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.</def>

<h1>Chaps</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chaps</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See <er>Chap</er>.</def> "Open your <i>chaps</i> again."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chapter</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chapitre</ets>, F. <ets>chapitre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>capitulum</ets>, dim. of <ets>caput</ets> head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. See <er>Chief</er>, and cf, <er>Chapiter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A division of a book or treatise; <as>as, Genesis has fifty <ex>chapters</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.</def><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A community of canons or canonesses.</def><sd>(c)</sd> <def>A bishop's council.</def><sd>(d)</sd> <def>A business meeting of any religious community.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.</def>

<i>Robertson.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A chapter house.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A decretal epistle.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A location or compartment.</def>

<blockquote>In his bosom! In what <b>chapter</b> of his bosom? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Chapter head</col>, &or; <col>Chapter heading</col></mcol>, <cd>that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title.</cd> -- <col>Chapter house</col>, <cd>a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.</cd> -- <col>The chapter of accidents</col>, <cd>chance.</cd> <i>Marryat</i>.</cs>

<h1>Chapter</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To divide into chapters, as a book.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To correct; to bring to book, <it>i. e.</it>, to demand chapter and verse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Chaptrel</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"trel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chapiter</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An impost.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Char, Charr</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw><hw>Char</hw>, <hw>Charr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. <ets>cear</ets>, Gael. <ets>ceara</ets>, lit., red, blood-colored, fr. <ets>cear</ets> blood. So named from its red belly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the several species of fishes of the genus <spn>Salvelinus</spn>, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (<spn>Salvelinus fontinalis</spn>) is sometimes called a <ex>char</ex>.</def>

<h1>Char</h1> <Xpage=240>