Part 1827

<h1>Chawdron</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chaw"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chaudun</ets>, <ets>caudun</ets>, <ets>caldun</ets>; cf. G. <ets>kaldaunen</ets> guts, bowels, LL. <ets>calduna</ets> intestine, W. <ets>coluddyn</ets> gut, dim. of <ets>coludd</ets> bowels.]</ety> <def>Entrails.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chaudron</asp>, <asp>chauldron</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chay root</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Chay" root`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Tamil <ets>sh\'beya</ets>.]</ety> <def>The root of the <spn>Oldenlandia umbellata</spn>, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>choy root</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chazy epoch</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cha*zy" ep"och</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under <er>Geology</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheap</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cheap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ce\'a0p</ets> bargain, sale, price; akin to D. <ets>Koop</ets> purchase, G. <ets>Kauf</ets>, ICel. <ets>kaup</ets> bargain. Cf. <er>Cheapen</er>, <er>Chapman</er>, <er>Chaffer</er>, <er>Cope</er>, v. i.]</ety> <def>A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good <b>cheap</b> at the dearest chandler's in Europe. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheap</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cheap</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. "good <ets>cheap</ets>": a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. <ets>bon march\'82</ets>, <ets>\'85 bon march\'82</ets>. See <er>Cheap</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Cheapen</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.</def>

<blockquote>Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be <b>cheap</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of comparatively small value; common; mean.</def>

<blockquote>You grow <b>cheap</b> in every subject's eye. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dog cheap</col>, <cd>very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of <i>good<i> cheap. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><-- = dirt cheap?--></cd></cs>

<h1>Cheap</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cheap</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Cheaply.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Cheap</h1> <Xpage=243>

<hw>Cheap</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To buy; to bargain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<h1>Cheapen</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheap"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cheapened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cheapening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cheapien</ets>, <ets>chepen</ets>, to trade, buy, sell, AS. <ets>ce\'a0pian</ets>; akin to D. <ets>koopen</ets> to buy, G. <ets>kaufen</ets>, Icel. <ets>kaupa</ets>, Goth. <ets>kaup\'d3n</ets> to trade. Cf. <er>Chap</er> to bargain.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.</def> <mark>[Obsoles.]</mark>

<blockquote>Pretend to <b>cheapen</b> goods, but nothing buy. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cheap</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>