Chimerically

1. adv. Wildy; vainly; fancifully.

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Chilostomatous

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.

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Chiltern Hundreds

1. A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

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Chimaera

1. n. A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

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Chimaeroid

1. a. Related to, or like, the chimaera.

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Chimango

1. A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

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Chimb

1. v. i. Chime.
2. n. The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3.

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Chime

1. n. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
2. n. See Chine, n., 3.
3. n. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
4. n. A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
5. n. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
6. v. i. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

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Chillness

1. n. Coolness; coldness; a chill.

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Chimed

1. imp. & p. p. of Chime

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