Part 1825

<i>Lady M. W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Chatty</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chat"ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Tamil <ets>sh\'beti</ets>.]</ety> <def>A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.</def>

<h1>Chatwood</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chat"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chat</ets> a little stick + <ets>wood</ets>.]</ety> <def>Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Chaud-medley</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaud"-med`ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chaude m\'88l\'82e</ets>; <ets>chaud</ets> hot + <ets>m\'88ler</ets> (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from <i>chance-medley</i> or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Chaudron</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chau"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chawdron</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Chauffer</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chauf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chauffoir</ets> a kind of stone, fr. <ets>chauffer</ets> to heat. See <er>Chafe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top.</def>

<h1>Chauldron</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaul"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chawdron</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Chaun</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Colgrave.</i>

<h1>Chaun</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaun</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To open; to yawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>O, <b>chaun</b> thy breast. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chaunt</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Chant</er>.</def>

<h1>Chaunter</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaunt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was a horse <b>chaunter</b>; he's a leg now. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The flute of a bagpipe. See <er>Chanter</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def>