Part 1863

<hw>Chime"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chimeras</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>chimaera</ets> a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. <?/ a she-goat, a chimera, fr. <?/ he-goat; cf. Icel. <ets>qymbr</ets> a yearling ewe.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.</def> "Dire <i>chimeras</i> and enchanted isles."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; <as>as, the <ex>chimera</ex> of an author</as>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Chimere</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chi*mere"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chamarre</ets>., F. <ets>simarre</ets> (cf. It. <ets>zimarra</ets>), fr. Sp. <ets>chamarra</ets>, <ets>zamarra</ets>, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Ar. <ets>samm\'d4r</ets> the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Cf. <er>Simarre</er>.]</ety> <def>The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.</def>

<i>Hook.</i>

<h1>Chimeric</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chi*mer"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Chimerical.</def>

<h1>Chimerical</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chi*mer"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; <as>as, <ex>chimerical</ex> projects</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.</syn>

<h1>Chimerically</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chi*mer"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Wildy; vainly; fancifully.</def>

<h1>Chiminage</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chim"i*nage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cheminage</ets>, fr. <ets>chemin</ets> way, road.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>A toll for passage through a forest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Chimney</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chim"ney</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chimneys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>chemin\'82e</ets>, LL. <ets>caminata</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caminus</ets> furnace, fireplace, Gr. <?/ furnace, oven.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fireplace or hearth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of <i>chimney shaft</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Hard by a cottage <b>chimney</b> smokes. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<cs><col>Chimney board</col>, <cd>a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard.</cd> -- <col>Chimney cap</col>, <cd>a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward.</cd> -- <col>Chimney corner</col>, <cd>the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside.</cd> -- <col>Chimney hook</col>, <cd>a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire,</cd> -- <col>Chimney money</col>, <cd>hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney.</cd> -- <col>Chimney pot</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof.</cd> -- <col>Chimney swallow</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd><sd>(a)</sd> An American swift (<spn>Ch\'91ture pelasgica</spn>) which lives in chimneys. <sd>(b)</sd> In England, the common swallow (<spn>Hirundo rustica</spn>).</cd> -- <mcol><col>Chimney sweep</col>, <col>Chimney sweeper</col></mcol>, <cd>one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chimney-breast</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chim"ney-breast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.</def>