CHECKLESS — CHICKEN-HEARTED

CHECKLESS — CHICKEN-HEARTED NWAD CHECKLESS.1

CHECKLESS, a. That cannot be checked, or restrained. NWAD CHECKLESS.1

CHECK-MATE, n. NWAD CHECK-MATE.1

1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite men, or hinders them from moving, so that the game is finished. NWAD CHECK-MATE.2

2. Defeat; overthrow. NWAD CHECK-MATE.3

CHECK-MATE, v.t. To finish. NWAD CHECK-MATE.4

CHECKY, n. In heraldry, a border that has more than two rows of checkers, or when the bordure or shield is checkered, like a chess-board. NWAD CHECKY.1

CHEEK, n. NWAD CHEEK.1

1. The side of the face below the eyes on each side. NWAD CHEEK.2

2. Among mechanics, cheeks are those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are double and alike; as the cheeks of a printing press, which stand perpendicular and support the three sommers, the head, shelves and winter; the cheeks of a turners lathe; the cheeks of a glaziers vise; the cheeks of a mortar, and of a gun-carriage; the cheeks of a mast, which serve to sustain the trestle trees, etc. NWAD CHEEK.3

Cheek by jowl, closeness, proximity. NWAD CHEEK.4

CHEEK-BONE, n. The bone of the cheek. NWAD CHEEK-BONE.1

CHEEKED, a. Brought near the cheek. NWAD CHEEKED.1

CHEEK-TOOTH, n. The hinder tooth or tusk. Joel 1:6. NWAD CHEEK-TOOTH.1

CHEEP, v.i. To chirp, as a small bird. NWAD CHEEP.1

CHEER, v.t. NWAD CHEER.1

1. To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers. NWAD CHEER.2

2. To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or apathy; to cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; as, to cheer a lonely desert; the cheering rays of the sun; good news cheers the heart. NWAD CHEER.3

3. To infuse life; spirit, animation; to incite; to encourage; as, to cheer the hounds. NWAD CHEER.4

CHEER, v.i. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome, or joyous. NWAD CHEER.5

At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. NWAD CHEER.6

Cheer up, my lads. NWAD CHEER.7

CHEER, n. NWAD CHEER.8

1. A shout of joy; as, they gave three cheers. NWAD CHEER.9

2. A state of gladness or joy; a state of animation, above gloom and depression of spirits, but below mirth, gayety and jollity. NWAD CHEER.10

Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. Matthew 9:2. NWAD CHEER.11

Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. Acts 27:36. NWAD CHEER.12

3. Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast. NWAD CHEER.13

4. Invitation to gayety. NWAD CHEER.14

5. Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions for a feast. NWAD CHEER.15

The table was loaded with good cheer. NWAD CHEER.16

6. Air of countenance, noting a greater or less degree of cheerfulness. NWAD CHEER.17

His words their drooping cheer Enlightened. NWAD CHEER.18

CHEERED, pp. Enlivened; animated; made glad. NWAD CHEERED.1

CHEERER, n. One who cheers; he or that which gladdens. NWAD CHEERER.1

Thou cheerer of our days. NWAD CHEERER.2

Prime cheerer, light. NWAD CHEERER.3

CHEERFUL, a. NWAD CHEERFUL.1

1. Lively; animated; having good spirits; moderately joyful. This is the most usual signification of the word, expressing a degree of animation less than mirth and jollity. NWAD CHEERFUL.2

2. Full of life; gay; animated; mirthful; musical; as the cheerful birds. NWAD CHEERFUL.3

3. Expressive of good spirits or joy; lively; animated. NWAD CHEERFUL.4

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Proverbs 15:13. NWAD CHEERFUL.5

CHEERFULLY, adv. In a cheerful manner; with alacrity or willingness; readily; with life, animation or good spirits. NWAD CHEERFULLY.1

CHEERFULNESS, n. Life; animation; good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. NWAD CHEERFULNESS.1

He that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:8. NWAD CHEERFULNESS.2

CHEERILY, adv. With cheerfulness; with spirit. NWAD CHEERILY.1

CHEERING, ppr. Giving joy or gladness; enlivening; encouraging; animating. NWAD CHEERING.1

CHEERISHNESS, n. State of cheerfulness. NWAD CHEERISHNESS.1

CHEERLESS, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy; destitute of any thing to enliven or animate the spirits. NWAD CHEERLESS.1

CHEERLY, a. Gay; cheerful; not gloomy. NWAD CHEERLY.1

CHEERLY, adv. Cheerfully; heartily; briskly. NWAD CHEERLY.2

CHEERLY, a. Gay; sprightly; having power to make gay. NWAD CHEERLY.3

Come, let us hie, and quaff a cheery bowl. NWAD CHEERLY.4

CHEESE, n. NWAD CHEESE.1

1. The curd of milk, coagulated by rennet, separated from the serum or whey, and pressed in a vat, hoop or mold. NWAD CHEESE.2

2. A mass of pumice or ground apples placed on a press. NWAD CHEESE.3

CHEESE-CAKE, n. A cake made of soft curds, sugar and butter. NWAD CHEESE-CAKE.1

CHEESE-MONGER, n. One who deals in or sells cheese. NWAD CHEESE-MONGER.1

CHEESE-PARING, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. NWAD CHEESE-PARING.1

CHEESE-PRESS, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. NWAD CHEESE-PRESS.1

CHEESE-RENNET, n. A plant, ladies bed-straw, Galium verum. NWAD CHEESE-RENNET.1

CHEESE-VAT, n. The vat or case in which curds are confined for pressing. NWAD CHEESE-VAT.1

CHEESY, a. Having the nature, qualities, taste or form of cheese. NWAD CHEESY.1

CHEGOE, n. A tropical insect that enters the skin of the feet and multiplies incredibly, causing an itching. NWAD CHEGOE.1

CHEIROPTER, n. An animal whose anterior toes are connected by a membrane, and whose feet thus serve for wings, as the bat. NWAD CHEIROPTER.1

CHELIDON, n. A brown fly with silvery wings. NWAD CHELIDON.1

CHELIFEROUS, a. Furnished with claws, as an animal. NWAD CHELIFEROUS.1

CHELIFORM, a. Having the form of a claw. NWAD CHELIFORM.1

CHELMSFORDITE, n. A mineral arranged as a subspecies of schaalstein; found in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. NWAD CHELMSFORDITE.1

CHELONIAN, a. Pertaining to or designating animals of the tortoise kind. NWAD CHELONIAN.1

CHELY, n. The claw of a shell-fish. NWAD CHELY.1

CHEMICAL. [See Chimical.] NWAD CHEMICAL.1

CHEMICALLY. [See Chimically.] NWAD CHEMICALLY.1

CHEMISE, n. NWAD CHEMISE.1

1. A shift, or under garment worn by females. NWAD CHEMISE.2

2. A wall that lines the face of any work of earth. NWAD CHEMISE.3

CHEMIST. [See Chimist.] NWAD CHEMIST.1

CHEMISTRY. [See Chimistry.] NWAD CHEMISTRY.1

CHEQUER. [See Checker.] NWAD CHEQUER.1

CHERIFF, n. Written also Sheriff. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans. NWAD CHERIFF.1

CHERISH, n. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans. NWAD CHERISH.1

CHERISH, v.t. NWAD CHERISH.2

1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to give warmth, ease or comfort to. NWAD CHERISH.3

We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thessalonians 2:7. NWAD CHERISH.4

The damsel was fair and cherished the king. 1 Kings 1:4. NWAD CHERISH.5

2. To hold as dear; to embrace with affection; to foster, and encourage; as, to cherish the principles of virtue; to cherish religion in the heart. NWAD CHERISH.6

3. To treat in a manner to encourage growth, by protection, aid, attendance, or supplying nourishment; as, to cherish tender plants. NWAD CHERISH.7

4. To harbor; to indulge and encourage in the mind; as, to cherish ill will, or any evil passion. NWAD CHERISH.8

CHERISHED, pp. Treated with tenderness; warmed; comforted; fostered. NWAD CHERISHED.1

CHERISHER, n. One who cherishes; an encourager; a supporter. NWAD CHERISHER.1

CHERISHING, ppr. Warming; comforting; encouraging; fostering; treating with affection. NWAD CHERISHING.1

CHERISHMENT, n. Encouragement; comfort. NWAD CHERISHMENT.1

CHERMES. [See Kermes.] NWAD CHERMES.1

CHERRY, n. The fruit of a tree, a species of Prunus, of which there are many varieties, as the red or garden cherry, the red heart, the white heart, the black cherry, the black heart, and several others. The fruit is a pulp inclosing a kernel. It is related that this fruit was brought from Cerasus in Pontus to Italy, after the defeat of Mithridates by Lucullus, A R. 680., and introduced into England by the Romans, about 120 years afterwards, A.D. 55. NWAD CHERRY.1

Barbadoes cherry, is the genus Malpighia, of several species. The berries are red, cherry-shaped, acid and eatable. NWAD CHERRY.2

Bird cherry, is a species of Prunus, the common laurel or lauro-cerasus. NWAD CHERRY.3

Also, the Prunus padus. NWAD CHERRY.4

Cornelian cherry, is the fruit of the Cornus, cornel-tree or dogwood. It is a small, acid, cherry-like, eatable berry. NWAD CHERRY.5

Dwarf cherry, is the fruit of a species of Lonicera, or honey-suckle. NWAD CHERRY.6

Hottentot-cherry, is the fruit of a species of Cassine. The fruit is a trispermous berry of a dark purple color. NWAD CHERRY.7

Winter-cherry, is a name of the fruit of the Physalis, a genus of many species. It is a berry of the size of a small cherry, inclosed in an inflated, bladder-like calyx. This name is also given to a species of Solanum. NWAD CHERRY.8

CHERRY, a. Like a red cherry in color; red, ruddy, blooming; as a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. NWAD CHERRY.9

CHERRY, n. A cordial composed of cherry juice and spirit, sweetened, and diluted. The wild cherry is most generally used for this purpose, being steeped for some days in spirit, which extracts the juice of the fruit; the tincture is then sweetened and diluted to the taste. This cordial is moderately bitter and astringent. It is sometimes made of the mazzard. NWAD CHERRY.10

CHERRY-CHEEKED, a. Having ruddy cheeks. NWAD CHERRY-CHEEKED.1

CHERRY-PIT, n. A childs play, in which cherry stones are thrown into a hole. NWAD CHERRY-PIT.1

CHERRY-TREE, n. A tree whose fruit is cherries, in the more appropriate sense of the word. The name is mostly given to the common cultivated trees, and to that which produces the black wild cherry. The wood of the latter is valued for cabinet work. NWAD CHERRY-TREE.1

CHERSONESE, n. A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as the Cimbric Chersonese or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea. NWAD CHERSONESE.1

CHERT, n. In mineralogy, a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz; called also hornstone, petrosilex or rock flint. It is less hard than common quartz; its fracture usually dull and splintery, sometimes more or less conchoidal. It is more or less translucent, sometimes at the edges, and sometimes the whole mass, if thin, has the strong translucency of certain horns. Its colors are numerous and usually dull. It is usually amorphous, sometimes globular, or in nodules. It occurs often in veins, especially metallic, in primitive mountains. NWAD CHERT.1

Chert is also applied to other minerals besides hornstone. Aikin calls a variety of flint, flinty chert, and the Derbyshire miners apply the term, black chert, to a fusible mineral, whereas the hornstone above described is infusible. NWAD CHERT.2

CHERTY, a. Like chert; flinty. NWAD CHERTY.1

CHERUB, n. plu. Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used. NWAD CHERUB.1

A figure composed of various creatures, as a man, an ox, an eagle or lion. The first mention of cherubs is in Genesis 3:24, where the figure is not described, but their office was, with a flaming sword, to keep or guard the way of the tree of life. The two cherubs which Moses was commanded to make at the ends of the Mercy seat, were to be of beaten work of gold; and their wings were to extend over the Mercy seat, their faces towards each other, and between them was the residence of the Deity. Exodus 25:18-22. The cherubs, in Ezekiel’s vision, had each four heads or faces, the hands of a man and wings. The four faces were, the face of a bull, that of a man, that of a lion, and that of an eagle. They had the likeness of a man. Ezekiel 1:5-25; Ezekiel 10:8-22. In 2 Samuel 22:11, and Psalm 18:10, Jehovah is represented as riding on a cherub, and flying on the wings of the wind. In the celestial hierarchy, cherubs are represented as spirits next in order to seraphs. The hieroglyphical and emblematical figures embroidered on the vails of the tabernacle are called cherubs of curious or skilful work. Exodus 26:1. NWAD CHERUB.2

CHERUBIC, a. Pertaining to cherubs; angelic. NWAD CHERUBIC.1

CHERUBIM, n. The Hebrew plural of cherub. NWAD CHERUBIM.1

CHERUBIN, a. Cherubic; angelic. NWAD CHERUBIN.1

CHERUBIN, n. A cherub. NWAD CHERUBIN.2

CHERUP, a corruption of chirp, which see. NWAD CHERUP.1

CHERVIL, n. A genus of plants, two species of which are called cow-weed. NWAD CHERVIL.1

CHESAPEAK, n. A bay of the United States, whose entrance is between Cape Charles and Cape Henry, in Virginia, and which extends northerly into Maryland 270 miles. It receives the waters of the Susquehannah, Potomack, Rappahannock, York, and James Rivers. NWAD CHESAPEAK.1

CHESIBLE, n. A short vestment without sleeves, worn by a popish priest at mass. NWAD CHESIBLE.1

CHESLIP, n. A small vermin that lies under stones and tiles. NWAD CHESLIP.1

CHESS, n. An ingenious game performed by two parties with different pieces, on a checkered board, that is, a board divided into sixty four squares or houses. The success of the game depends almost entirely on skill. Each gamester has eight dignified pieces, called a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, and two rooks or castles; also eight pawns. The pieces of the parties are of different colors. NWAD CHESS.1

CHESS, n. In New England, that weed which grows among wheat, and is supposed to be wheat degenerated or changed, as it abounds most in fields where the wheat is winter-killed. It bears some resemblance to oats. This fact is mentioned by Pliny, Nat. Hist. Lib. 18. Ca. 17. Primum omnium frumenti vitium avena est: et hordeum in eam degenerat. This change of wheat and barley into oats, he ascribes to a moist soil, wet weather, bad seed, etc. This opinion coincides with observations in America, as wheat is most liable to perish in moist land, and often in such places, almost all the wheat is killed, and instead of it chess often appears. NWAD CHESS.2

CHESS-APPLE, n. A species of wild service. NWAD CHESS-APPLE.1

CHESS-BOARD, n. The board used in the game of chess, and from the squares of which chess has its name. NWAD CHESS-BOARD.1

CHESS-MAN, n. A piece or puppet, for the game of chess. NWAD CHESS-MAN.1

CHESS-PLAYER, n. One who plays chess; one skilled din the game of chess. NWAD CHESS-PLAYER.1

CHESS-TREE, n. In ships, a piece of wood bolted perpendicularly on the side to confine the clews of the main sail. NWAD CHESS-TREE.1

CHESSOM, n. Mellow earth. NWAD CHESSOM.1

CHEST, n. NWAD CHEST.1

1. A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported. It differs from a trunk in not being covered with skin or leather. NWAD CHEST.2

2. The trunk of the body from the neck to the belly; the thorax. Hence, broad-chested, narrow-chested, having a broad or narrow chest. NWAD CHEST.3

3. In commerce, a certain quantity; as a chest of sugar; a chest of indigo; etc. NWAD CHEST.4

Chest of drawers is a case of movable boxes called drawers. NWAD CHEST.5

CHEST, v.t. To reposit in a chest; to hoard. NWAD CHEST.6

CHEST-FOUNDERING, n. A disease in horses, like the pleurisy or peripneumony in the human body. NWAD CHEST-FOUNDERING.1

CHESTNUT, n. The fruit, seed or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Fagus. It is inclosed in a prickly pericarp, which contains two or more seeds. NWAD CHESTNUT.1

CHESTNUT, a. Being of the color of a chestnut; of a brown color. It is perhaps rarely used as a noun. NWAD CHESTNUT.2

CHESTNUT-TREE, n. The tree which produces the chestnut. This tree grows to a great size, with spreading branches. It is one of the most valuable timber trees, as the wood is very durable, and forms in America the principal timber for fencing. The timber is also used in building, and for vessels of various kinds. NWAD CHESTNUT-TREE.1

Dwarf-chestnut, or chinkapin, is another species of Fagus. NWAD CHESTNUT-TREE.2

Horse-chestnut, is a tree of the genus Aesculus. The common tree of this sort is a native of the North of Asia, and admired for the beauty of its flowers. It is used for shade and ornament, and its nuts are esteemed good food for horses. The scarlet-flowering horse-chestnut is a native of Carolina, Brazil and the East, and is admired for its beauty. NWAD CHESTNUT-TREE.3

The Indian Rose-chestnut, of the genus Mesua, bears a nut, roundish, pointed and marked with four elevated longitudinal sutures. NWAD CHESTNUT-TREE.4

CHESTON, n. A species of plum. NWAD CHESTON.1

CHEVACHIE, n. An expedition with cavalry. NWAD CHEVACHIE.1

CHEVAL DE FRISE, generally used in the plural, chevaux de frise, pronounced shevo de freez. NWAD CHEVAL_DE_FRISE.1

1. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long; used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or make a retrenchment to stop cavalry. NWAD CHEVAL_DE_FRISE.2

2. A kind of trimming. NWAD CHEVAL_DE_FRISE.3

CHEVALIER, n. NWAD CHEVALIER.1

1. A knight; a gallant young man. NWAD CHEVALIER.2

2. In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points. NWAD CHEVALIER.3

CHEVEN, n. A river fish, the chub. NWAD CHEVEN.1

CHEVERIL, n. A kid, or rather leather made of kid-skin; used as a noun or adjective. NWAD CHEVERIL.1

CHEVERILIZE, v.t. To make as pliable as kid-leather. NWAD CHEVERILIZE.1

CHEVISANCE, n. NWAD CHEVISANCE.1

1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprize accomplished. NWAD CHEVISANCE.2

2. In law, a making of contracts; a bargain. NWAD CHEVISANCE.3

3. An unlawful agreement or contract. Isaiah 28:15, 18. NWAD CHEVISANCE.4

4. An agreement or composition, as an end or order set down between a creditor and his debtor. NWAD CHEVISANCE.5

CHEVRON, n. In heraldry, an honorable ordinary, representing two rafters of a house meeting at the top. NWAD CHEVRON.1

CHEVRONED, a. Having a chevron, or the form of it. NWAD CHEVRONED.1

CHEVROTAIN, n. The smallest of the antelope kind. NWAD CHEVROTAIN.1

CHEW, v.t. NWAD CHEW.1

1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food, to prepare it for deglutition and digestion. NWAD CHEW.2

2. To ruminate in the thoughts; to meditate; as, to chew revenge. NWAD CHEW.3

3. To champ; to bite, hold or roll about in the mouth; as, to chew tobacco. NWAD CHEW.4

4. To taste, without swallowing. NWAD CHEW.5

CHEW, v.i. To champ upon; to ruminate. NWAD CHEW.6

Old politicians chew on wisdom past. NWAD CHEW.7

CHEW, n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. NWAD CHEW.8

CHEWED, pp. Ground by the teeth; masticated. NWAD CHEWED.1

CHEWET, n. A kind of pie, made with chopped substances. NWAD CHEWET.1

CHEWING, ppr. Grinding with the teeth; masticating; ruminating; meditating; champing. NWAD CHEWING.1

CHIA, n. A beautiful Mexican plant. NWAD CHIA.1

CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Chios, an isle in the Levant. NWAD CHIAN.1

Chian earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent, and a cosmetic. NWAD CHIAN.2

Chian turpentine, or Cyprus turpentine, is procured from the Pistacia Terebinthus. It is of the consistence of honey, clear and of a yellowish white. NWAD CHIAN.3

CHIASTOLITE, n. A mineral, called also macle, whose crystals are arranged in a peculiar manner. The form of the crystals is a four-sided prism, whose bases are rhombs, differing little from squares. But each crystal, when viewed at its extremities, or on a transverse section, is obviously composed of two very different substances; and its general aspect is that of a black prism, passing longitudinally through the axis of another prism which is whitish. The term macle, as the name of a distinct species, applies to the whitish prisms only. NWAD CHIASTOLITE.1

CHIBBAL, n. A small sort of onion. NWAD CHIBBAL.1

CHICANE, n. NWAD CHICANE.1

1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, unfair practices, or idle objections, which tend to perplex a cause, puzzle the judge, or impose on a party, and thus to delay or pervert justice. NWAD CHICANE.2

2. In disputes, sophistry; distinctions and subtleties, that tend to perplex the question and obscure the truth. NWAD CHICANE.3

3. Any artifice or stratagem. NWAD CHICANE.4

CHICANE, v.i. To use shafts, cavils or artifices. NWAD CHICANE.5

CHICANER, n. One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a caviller; a sophister; an unfair disputant. NWAD CHICANER.1

CHICANERY, n. Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth. NWAD CHICANERY.1

CHICHES, n. Dwarf peas. NWAD CHICHES.1

CHICHLING, CHICKLING-VETCH, n. A vetch or pea, of the genus Lathyrus, used in Germany for food, but inferior to other kinds. NWAD CHICHLING.1

CHICK, v.i. To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. NWAD CHICK.1

CHICK, CHICKEN, n. NWAD CHICK.2

1. The young of fowls, particularly of the domestic hen, or gallinaceous fowls. NWAD CHICK.3

2. A person of tender years. NWAD CHICK.4

3. A word of tenderness. NWAD CHICK.5