Helen Fenton

Charybdis: Definition and part of speech

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Charybdis

  1. n. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chase: Definition and part of speech

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Chase

  1. v. t. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
  2. v. t. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
  3. v. t. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; — often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.
  4. v. t. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
  5. v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
  6. v. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.
  7. v. That which is pursued or hunted.
  8. v. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.
  9. v. A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.
  10. n. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
  11. 1v. t. 1 To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaser: Definition and part of speech

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Chaser

  1. n. A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
  2. n. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
  3. n. Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.
  4. n. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chasm: Definition and part of speech

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Chasm

  1. n. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
  2. n. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.