Part 1822

<hw>Chas"tise*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Chastise</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.</def>

<blockquote>Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him <b>chastesement</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have borne <b>chastisement</b>; I will not offend any more. <i>Job xxxiv. 31.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chastiser</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chas*tis"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>chastiser</b> of the rich. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chastity</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chas"ti*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chastet\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>castitas</ets>, fr. <ets>castus</ets>. See <er>Chaste</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.</def>

<blockquote>She . . . hath preserved her spotless <b>chastity</b>. <i>T. Carew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Moral purity.</def>

<blockquote>So dear to heaven is saintly <b>chastity</b>, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The unmarried life; celibacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Literature & Art)</fld> <def>Chasteness.</def>

<h1>Chasuble</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chas"u*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chasuble</ets>, LL. <ets>casubula</ets>, <ets>cassibula</ets>, <ets>casula</ets>, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. <ets>casupola</ets>, <ets>casipola</ets>, cottage, dim of L. <ets>casa</ets> cottage.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chasible</asp>, and <asp>chesible</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chat</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chatted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chatting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Chatter</er>. \'fb22.]</ety> <def>To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>To <b>chat</b> a while on their adventures. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.</syn>

<h1>Chat</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To talk of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Chat</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chat</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.</def>

<blockquote>Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of <b>chat</b>, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird of the genus <spn>Icteria</spn>, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yelow-breasted chat (<spn>I. viridis</spn>), and the long chat (<spn>I. longicauda</spn>). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family <spn>Saxicolid\'91</spn>, as the <stype>stonechat</stype>, and <stype>whinchat</stype>.</def>