Part 1890

<h1>Chopin</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"in</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chopine</er>.</def>

<h1>Chopine</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*pine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>chapin</ets>, <ets>escapin</ets>, Sp. <ets>chapin</ets>, Pg. <ets>chapim</ets>.]</ety> <def>A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.</def> <altsp>[Variously spelt <asp>chioppine</asp>, <asp>chopin</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a <b>chopine</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chop-logic</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"-log`ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bandies words or is very argunentative.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chopness</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of spade.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Chopper</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, chops.</def>

<h1>Chopping</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"ping</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chubby</er>.]</ety> <def>Stout or plump; large.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fenton.</i>

<h1>Chopping</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"ping</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chop</er> to barter.]</ety> <def>Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; <as>as, a <ex>chopping</ex> sea</as>.</def>

<h1>Chopping</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"ping</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of cutting by strokes.</def>

<cs><col>Chopping block</col>, <cd>a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc.</cd> -- <col>Chopping knife</col>, <cd>a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choppy</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chop"py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chappy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of cracks.</def> "<i>Choppy</i> finger."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chop</er> a change.]</ety> <def>Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; <as>as, a <ex>choppy</ex> sea</as>.</def>

<h1>Chops</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chops</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chop</er> a jaw.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; <as>as, the <ex>chops</ex> of the English Channel</as>.</def>

<h1>Chopstrick</h1> <Xpage=252>