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A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.

Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.

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

The chestnut tree. [Obs.] Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. Chaucer.

The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

A female scold. [Obs.]

First or foremost; chief; principal. [Archaic] "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.

Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.

A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

ection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.] Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor.

To cover round, as woth a garment; to invest. [Obs.] Circumvested with much prejudice. Sir H. Wotton.

notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Privacy or secrecy. [R.]

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

Same as Clearstory.

A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.