Part 1894

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who leads a choir in church music.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Choristic</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Choric; choral.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Chorograph</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ro*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ place + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.</def>

<h1>Chorographer</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*rog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.</def> "The <i>chorographers</i> of Italy."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.</def>

<h1>Chorographical</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho`ro*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to chorography.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Cho`ro*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Chorography</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*rog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>chorographia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ place + <?/ to describe.]</ety> <def>the mapping or description of a region or district.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>chorography</b> of their provinces. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Choroid</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"roid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[gr. <?/; <?/ chorion + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>resembling the chorion; <as>as, the <ex>choroid</ex> plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the <ex>choroid</ex> coat of the eyeball</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The choroid coat of the eye. See <er>Eye</er>.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Choroid plexus</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choroidal</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*roid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the choroid coat.</def>

<h1>Chorology</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*rol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ place + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Its distribution or <b>chorology</b>. <i>Huxley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chorometry</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*rom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ place + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of surveying a region or district.</def>

<h1>Chorus</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Choruses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. <?/. See <er>Choir</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A band of singers and dancers.</def>

<blockquote>The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a <b>chorus</b> of singers. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>