Part 1851

<hw>Chi*can"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chicanerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.</def>

<blockquote>Irritated by perpetual <b>chicanery</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.</syn>

<h1>Chicory</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chi"co*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chicory</er>.</def>

<h1>Chich</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chiches</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>chiche</ets>, <ets>pois chiche</ets>, a dwarf pea, from L. <ets>cicer</ets> the chick-pea.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The chick-pea.</def>

<h1>Chicha</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chi"cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>See <er>Chica</er>.</def>

<h1>Chichevache</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chiche"vache`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chiche</ets> lean + <ets>vache</ets> cow.]</ety> <def>A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.</def>

<h1>Chichling, Chichling vetch</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw><hw>Chich"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chich"ling vetch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chich</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous plant (<spn>Lathyrus sativus</spn>), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.</def>

<h1>Chick</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chykkyn</ets>, <ets>chyke</ets>, <ets>chicken</ets>.]</ety> <def>To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. <i>Chalmers</i>.</def>

<h1>Chick</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chicken.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chickabiddy</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"a*bid`dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.</def>

<h1>Chickadee</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"a*dee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (<spn>Parus atricapillus</spn>), of North America; -- named from its note.</def>

<h1>Chickaree</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"a*ree`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American red squirrel <fld>(Sciurus Hudsonius)</fld>; -- so called from its cry.</def>

<h1>Chickasaws</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"a*saws</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Chickasaw</singw></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.</def>

<h1>Chicken</h1> <Xpage=247>