Part 1910

<p><b>2.</b> <def>2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.</def>

<h1>Chthonic</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chthon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the earth; earthy; <as>as, <ex>chthonic</ex> religions</as>.</def>

<blockquote> <b>chthonic</b> character of the wife of Zeus. <i>Max M\'81ller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chthonophagia, Chthonophagy</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw><hw>Chthon`o*pha"gi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chtho*noph"a*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>chthonophagia</ets>; Gr. <?/, <?/, earth + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <def>A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.</def>

<h1>Chub</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. <ets>kubb</ets> a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. <ets>chabot</ets> chub.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species to fresh-water fish of the <i>Cyprinid\'91</i> or Carp family. The common European species is <i>Leuciscus cephalus</i>; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera <i>Semotilus</i>, <i>Squalius</i>, <i>Ceratichthys</i>, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the <i>tautog</i>, <i>black bass</i>, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Chub mackerel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of mackerel (<spn>Scomber colias</spn>) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also <altname>bull mackerel</altname>, <altname>thimble-eye</altname>, and <altname>big-eye mackerel</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Chub sucker</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fresh-water fish of the United States (<spn>Erimyzon sucetta</spn>); -- called also <altname>creekfish</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chubbed</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chub"bed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Chubby.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>H. Brooke.</i>

<h1>Chubbedness</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chub"bed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being chubby.</def>

<h1>Chubby</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chub"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.</def> "<i>Chubby</i> faces."

<i>I. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Chub-faced</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chub"-faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a plump, short face.</def>

<h1>Chuck</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chuck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chucked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chucking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Imitative of the sound.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To chuckle; to laugh.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Chuck</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chuck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To call, as a hen her chickens.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Chuck</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chuck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The chuck or call of a hen.</def>