Helen Fenton

Chanter: Definition and part of speech

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Chanter

  1. n. The hedge sparrow.
  2. n. One who chants; a singer or songster.
  3. n. The chief singer of the chantry.
  4. n. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

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.

Chanterelle: Definition and part of speech

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Chanterelle

  1. n. A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

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.

Chance-medley: Definition and part of speech

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Chance-medley

  1. n. Luck; chance; accident.
  2. n. The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

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.

Chancery: Definition and part of speech

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Chancery

  1. n. In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
  2. n. In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.

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.

Chancre: Definition and part of speech

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Chancre

  1. n. A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; — called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre.

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.

Chancroid: Definition and part of speech

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Chancroid

  1. n. A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; — called also soft chancre.

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.

Chandelier: Definition and part of speech

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Chandelier

  1. n. A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
  2. n. A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

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.