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Cheval-de-frise: Definition and part of speech

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Cheval-de-frise

  1. n. A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, 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.

Chevalier: Definition and part of speech

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Chevalier

  1. n. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
  2. n. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.

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.

Chessy copper: Definition and part of speech

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Chessy copper

  1. The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

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.

Chest: Definition and part of speech

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Chest

  1. n. A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
  2. n. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
  3. n. A coffin.
  4. n. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
  5. n. A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

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.

Chesterlite: Definition and part of speech

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Chesterlite

  1. n. A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.

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.