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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.</def>

<h1>Chlorotic</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chlorotique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.</def>

<h1>Chlorous</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chlorine</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; <as>as, <ex>chlorous</ex> acid, <chform>HClO2</chform></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem. Physics)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to <i>basylous</i> or <i>zincous</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Chlorpicrin</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlor`pi"crin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A heavy, colorless liquid, <chform>CCl3.NO2</chform>, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chloropikrin</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chloruret</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chlo"ru*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chlorure</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A chloride.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Choak</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Choak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Choke</er>.</def>

<h1>Choanoid</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Cho"a*noid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ funnel + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.</def>

<h1>Chocard</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Cho"card</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The chough.</def>

<h1>Chock</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chocked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chocking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; <as>as, to <ex>chock</ex> a wheel or cask</as>.</def>

<h1>Chock</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chock</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fill up, as a cavity.</def> "The woodwork . . . exactly <i>chocketh</i> into joints."

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Chock</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.</def>

<h1>Chock</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chock</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Entirely; quite; <as>as, <ex>chock</ex> home; <ex>chock</ex> aft.</as></def>

<h1>Chock</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>choquer</ets>. Cf. <er>Shock</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To encounter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>