Part 1883

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>S. Richardson.</i>

<h1>Choker</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chok"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, chokes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stiff wide cravat; a stock.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Choke-strap</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke"-strap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld> <def>A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.</def>

<h1>Choking</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chok"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.</def>

<h1>Choky Chokey</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw><hw>Chok"y Chok"ey</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.</def> "A deep and <i>choky</i> voice."

<i>Aytoun.</i>

<blockquote>The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather <b>chokey</b>. <i>T. Hughes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chol\'91maa</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho*l\'91"ma*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ bile + <?/ blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.</def>

<h1>Cholagogue</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"a*gogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ bile + <?/ leading, <?/ to lead: cf. F. <ets>cholagogue</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.</def></def2>

<h1>Cholate</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bile.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of cholic acid; <as>as, sodium <ex>cholate</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Cholecystis</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol`e*cys"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ bile + <?/ bladder.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The gall bladder.</def>

<h1>Cholecystotomy</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol`e*cys*tot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cholecystis</ets> + Gr. <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.</def>

<h1>Choledology</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol`e*dol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bile + <ets>-logy</ets>. Cf. F. <ets>chol\'82dologie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A treatise on the bile and bilary organs.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>