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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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CHARGER n.
An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.
CHARTA n.
Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.
CHARTER n. 3 definitions
An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," ei…
CHARTOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring charts or maps.
CHENG n.
A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.
CHIME n.
The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.
CHIP n.
A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
CHIPPING n.
A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
CHIROPLAST n.
An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
CHLOROMETER n.
An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
CHOP v. 3 definitions
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
CHORD n.
The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
CHOROGRAPH n.
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
CHROMASCOPE n.
An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.
CHROMATROPE n.
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.
CHRONOGRAPH n.
An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
CHRONOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
CHRONOPHER n.
An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
CHRONOSCOPE n.
An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
CHYOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.
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