Helen Fenton

Chancel: Definition and part of speech

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Chancel

  1. v. t. All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
  2. v. t. That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

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.

Chancellor: Definition and part of speech

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Chancellor

  1. n. A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

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.

Chambermaid: Definition and part of speech

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Chambermaid

  1. n. A lady’s maid.
  2. n. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

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.

Chameck: Definition and part of speech

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Chameck

  1. n. A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

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.

Chameleon: Definition and part of speech

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Chameleon

  1. n. A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

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.

Chamfer: Definition and part of speech

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Chamfer

  1. n. The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
  2. v. t. To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

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.