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To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. To cave in. Etym: [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]

northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

The language of the Celts.

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.

One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.

The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea. Chaldee Paraphrase, A targum written in Aramaic.

; a variety of argillaceous slate. -- By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] Lowell. -- Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon. -- Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous. -- Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boa…

A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, Eng.]

Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef. -- Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the fase; esp., the malar bone. -- Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate. -- Cheek pouch (Zoöl.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding fo…

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.]

An old joke or story. [Slang] Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.

See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times.

Good form; style. [Slang]

-- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). -- China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse pl…