Part 1837

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Chief</er>.</def>

<h1>Chef-d'\'d2uvre</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chef`-d'\'d2uvre"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chefs-d'\'d2uvre</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.</def>

<h1>Chegoe, Chegre</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw><hw>Cheg"oe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cheg"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chigoe</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheiloplasty</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei"lo*plas`ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a lip + <ets>-plasty</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.</def>

<h1>Cheilopoda</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*lop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ch<?/lopoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheirepter</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*rep"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Cheiroptera.</def>

<h1>Cheiroptera</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*rop"te*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ hand + <?/ wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See <er>Bat</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheiropterous</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*rop"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.</def>

<h1>Cheiropterygium</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*rop`te*ryg"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cheiropterygia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ hand + <?/; <?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.</def>

<h1>Cheirosophy</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei*ros"o*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hand + <?/ knowledge.]</ety> <def>The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Chei*ros"o*phist</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n</tt>.</wordforms>

<h1>Cheirotherium</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chei`ro*the"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ hand + <?/ beast.]</ety> <fld>(Poleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Chekelatoun</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chek`e*la*toun"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ciclatoun</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Chekmak</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chek"mak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.</def>