Part 1826

<h1>Chaunterie</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaunt"er*ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chantry</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Chaus</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cha"us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (<spn>Lynx Lybicus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Chausses</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chausses</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail.</def>

<h1>Chaussure</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaus`sure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A foot covering of any kind.</def>

<h1>Chauvinism</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chau"vin*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chauvinisme</ets>, from <ets>Chauvin</ets>, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815.]</ety> <def>Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Chau"vin*ist</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Chau`vin*is"tic</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<note>&hand; To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not <i>chauvinism</i>. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness.</note>

<i>Prof. H. Tuttle.</i>

<h1>Chavender</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chav"en*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cheven</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The chub.</def>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Chaw</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chawed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chawing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Chew</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.</def>

<blockquote>The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, <b>Chawing</b> the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. <i>Surrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<note>A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.</note>

<h1>Chaw</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaw</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chaw</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.</def> <mark></mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Jaw</er>.]</ety> <def>The jaw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<cs><col>Chaw bacon</col>, <cd>a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout.</cd> <fld>(Law)</fld> -- <col>Chaw tooth</col>, <cd>a grinder. <fld>(Law)</fld></cd></cs>