Part 1848

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A woolen fabric, for men's clothing.</def>

<h1>Chevisance</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"i*sance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of. <ets>chevisance</ets>, <ets>chevissance</ets>, fr. <ets>chevir</ets>come to an end, perform, fr. <ets>chef</ets> head, end, from L. <ets>caput</ets> head. See <er>Chieve</er>, <er>Chief</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Achievement; deed; performance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fortune, the foe of famous <b>chevisance</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bargain; profit; gain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A making of contracts.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An unlawful agreement or contract.</def>

<h1>Chevrette</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev*rette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>ch\'82vre</ets> goat, fr. L. <ets>capra</ets>. Cf. <er>Chevron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.</def>

<h1>Chevron</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., rafter, chevron, from <ets>ch\'82vre</ets> goat, OF. <ets>chevre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>capra</ets> she-goat. See <er>Cheveril</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A distinguishing mark, above the elow, on the sleeve of a noncommisioned officer's coat.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.</def>

<cs><col>Chevron bones</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chevroned</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"roned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.</def>

<blockquote>[A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, <b>chevroned</b> all over with lace. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chevronel</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"ron*el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.</def>

<h1>Chevronwise</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"ron*wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>In the manner of a chevron; <as>as, the field may be divided <ex>chevronwise</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Chevrotain</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev`ro*tain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chevrotin</ets>, OF. <ets>chevrot</ets> little goat, roe, dim. of <ets>chevre</ets> goat. See <er>Chevron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small ruminant of the family <i>Tragulid\'91</i> a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See <er>Kanchil</er>.</def>

<h1>Chevy</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chev"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Chivy</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>One poor fellow was <b>chevied</b> about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. <i>London Times.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chew</h1> <Xpage=246>