Part 1897

<hw>Chow"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chaudi\'8are</ets> a kettle, a pot. Cf. <er>Caldron</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A seller of fish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><col>Chowder beer</col>, <cd>a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chowder</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chow"der</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a chowder of.</def>

<h1>Chowry</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chow"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>chaunri</ets>.]</ety> <def>A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies.</def>

<i>Malcom.</i>

<h1>Chowter</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chow"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>chowre</ets>, and Prov. E. <ets>chow</ets>, to grumble.]</ety> <def>To grumble or mutter like a froward child.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Phillips.</i>

<h1>Choy root</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Choy" root`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Chay root</er>.</def>

<h1>Chrematistics</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chre`ma*tis"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 9sc. <?/) the art of traffic, fr. <?/ goods, money, fr. <?/ to use.]</ety> <def>The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.</def>

<h1>Chreotechnics</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chre`o*tech"nics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ useful + <?/ art.]</ety> <def>The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Chrestomathic</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chres`to*math"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Teaching what is useful.</def> "A <i>chrestomathic</i> school."

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Chrestomathy</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chres*tom"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ useful + <?/, <?/, to learn.]</ety> <def>A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; <as>as, a Hebrew <ex>chrestomathy</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Chrism</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chrism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>crisme</ets>, from AS. <ets>crisma</ets>; also OE. <ets>creme</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>cresme</ets>, like the AS. word fr. LL. <ets>chrisma</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to anoint; perh. akin to L. <ets>friare</ets>, <ets>fricare</ets>, to rub, Skr. <ets>gharsh</ets>, E. <ets>friable</ets>, <ets>friction</ets>. Cf. <er>Chrisom</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. & R. C. Church<?/s)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The same as <er>Chrisom</er>.</def>

<h1>Chrismal</h1> <Xpage=253>