Part 1852

<hw>Chick"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cicen</ets>, <ets>cyceun</ets>, dim. of <ets>coc</ets> cock; akin to LG. <ets>kiken</ets>, <ets>k\'81ken</ets>, D. <ets>Kieken</ets>, <ets>kuiken</ets>, G. <ets>k\'81chkein</ets>. See <er>Cock</er> the animal.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.</def> "Stella is no <i>chicken</i>."

<i>Swift.</i>

<cs><col>Chicken cholera</col>, <cd>a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Chick"en-breast`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.</def>

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

<hw>Chick"en-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Timid; fearful; cowardly.</def>

<i>Bunyan.</i>

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

<hw>Chick"en pox"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.</def>

<h1>Chickling</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chick</ets>+<ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small chick or chicken.</def>

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

<hw>Chick"-pea`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chich</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Small leguminous plant (<spn>Cicer arietinum</spn>) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.</def>

<h1>Chickweed</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especially <i>Stellaria media</i>, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.</def>

<h1>Chicky</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chick"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.</def>

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

<hw>Chic"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chicor\'82e</ets>, earlier also <ets>cichor\'82e</ets>, L. <ets>cichorium</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, <ets>Cf</ets>. <er>Succory</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A branching perennial plant (<spn>Cichorium Intybus</spn>) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See <er>Endive</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffe.</def>

<h1>Chide</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Chid</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Chode</er> <mark>(Obs.)</mark>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Chidden</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Chid</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chiding</er>.]</ety> <ety>[AS. <ets>c\'c6dan</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.</def>

<blockquote>Upbraided, <b>chid</b>, and rated at. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against.</def>

<blockquote>The sea that <b>chides</b> the banks of England. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>