Part 1847

<cs><col>Chevalier d'industrie</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety>, <cd>one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.</cd> -- <col>The Chevalier St. George</col> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."</cd> -- <col>The Young Chevalier</col>, <cd>Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chevaux</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Che*vaux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Cheval</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheve</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Cheve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chevir</ets>. See <er>Chievance</er>.]</ety> <def>To come to an issue; to turn out; to succed; <as>as, to <ex>cheve</ex> well in a enterprise</as>.</def> <mark>[Prov. or Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Chevelure</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Cheve*lure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., head of hair.]</ety> <def>A hairlike envelope.</def>

<blockquote>The nucleus and <b>chevelure</b> of nebulous star. <i>Sir. W. Hershel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheven</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chevanne</ets>. <ets>Cf</ets>. <er>Chavender</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A river fish; the chub.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Cheventein</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"en*tein</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A variant of <er>Chieftain</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Cheveril</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"er*il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chevrel</ets>, F. <ets>chevreau</ets>, kid, dim. of <ets>chevre</ets> goat, fr. L. <ets>capra</ets>. See <er>Caper</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Here's wit of <b>cheveril</b>, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheveril</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"er*il</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of cheveril; pliant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>cheveril</b> conscience and a searching wit. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheverliize</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"er*li*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make as pliable as kid leather.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Br. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Chevet</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Che*vet"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., head of the bed, dim. fr. <ets>chef</ets> head. See <er>Chief</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.</def>

<h1>Cheviot</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"i*ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.</def>