Part 1856

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<h1>Chikara</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chi*ka"ra</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Ingoat antelope (<spn>Tragops Bennettii</spn>) Of India.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The Indian four-horned antelope (<spn>Tetraceros quadricornis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Chilblain</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chil"blain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chill</ets> + <ets>Blain</ets>.]</ety> <def>A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.</def>

<h1>Chilblain</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Chil"blain`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To produce chilblains upon.</def>

<h1>Child</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Child</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Children</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>cild</ets>, pl. <ets>cildru</ets>; cf. Goth. <ets>kil\'edei</ets> womb, <ets>in-kil\'ed\'d3</ets> with child.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in <i>law</i>, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; <as>as, the <ex>children</ex> of Israel; the <ex>children</ex> of Edom.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>child</ex> of God; a <ex>child</ex> of the devil; a <ex>child</ex> of disobedience; a <ex>child</ex> of toil; a <ex>child</ex> of the people.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A noble youth. See <er>Childe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.</def>

<blockquote>When I was <b>child</b>. I spake as a <b>child</b>, I understood as a <b>child</b>, I thought as a <b>child</b>; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. <i>1. Cor. xii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A female infant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A boy or a <b>child</b>, I wonder? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To be with child</col>, <cd>to be pregnant.</cd> -- <col>Child's play</col>, <cd>light work; a trifling contest.</cd></cs>

<h1>Child</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Child</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Childed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Childing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To give birth; to produce young.</def>

<blockquote>This queen Genissa <b>childing</b> died. <i>Warner.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It chanced within two days they <b>childed</b> both. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Childbearing</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Child"bear`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.</def>

<i>Milton. Addison.</i>

<h1>Childbed</h1> <Xpage=247>

<hw>Child"bed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.</def>

<h1>Childbirth</h1> <Xpage=247>