Part 1906

<blockquote>Partly on a <b>chronical</b>, and partly on a topical method. <i>J. A. Alexander.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chronicle</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"i*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cronicle</ets>, fr. <ets>cronique</ets>, OF. <ets>cronique</ets>, F. <ets>chronique</ets>, L. <ets>chronica</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, neut. pl. of <?/. See <er>Chronic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A narrative of events; a history; a record.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.</def>

<syn>Syn. - Register; record; annals. See <er>History</er>.</syn>

<h1>Chronicle</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"i*cle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chronicled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chronicling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chronicler</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"i*cler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.</def>

<blockquote>Such an honest <b>chronicler</b> as Griffith. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chronique</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro`nique"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Chronicle</er>.]</ety> <def>A chronicle.</def>

<i>L. Addison.</i>

<h1>Chronogram</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ time + <?/ writing, character: cf. F. <ets>chronogramme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, <as>as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The record or inscription made by a chronograph.</def>

<h1>Chronogrammatic, Chronogrammatical</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw><hw>Chron`o*gram*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chron`o*gram*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chronogrammatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.</def>

<h1>Chronogrammatist</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron`o*gram"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of chronograms.</def>

<h1>Chronograph</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ time + <ets>-graph</ets>: cf. F. <ets>chronographe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Same as <er>Chronogram</er>, 1.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A chronoscope.</def>

<h1>Chronographer</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro*nog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.</def>