Chapel: Definition and part of speech

Chapel

  1. v. t. To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
  2. n. A subordinate place of worship
  3. n. a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial
  4. n. a small building attached to a church
  5. n. a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.
  6. n. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
  7. n. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.
  8. n. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
  9. n. A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
  10. n. An association of workmen in a printing office.
  11. 1v. t. 1 To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

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.

Chapelet: Definition and part of speech

Chapelet

  1. n. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
  2. n. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.

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.

Changeling: Definition and part of speech

Changeling

  1. a. Given to change; inconstant.
  2. n. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.
  3. n. A simpleton; an idiot.
  4. n. One apt to change; a waverer.
  5. a. Taken or left in place of another; changed.

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.

Changer: Definition and part of speech

Changer

  1. n. One apt to change; an inconstant person.
  2. n. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
  3. n. One who deals in or changes money.

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.

Chank: Definition and part of speech

Chank

  1. n. The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

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.

Channel: Definition and part of speech

Channel

  1. n. Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
  2. n. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
  3. n. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
  4. n. A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
  5. n. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
  6. n. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
  7. 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.