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A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.

ish, as with stripes. How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. Shak. I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

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

To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. Cowpe.

One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.

In a cheerful manner, gladly.

Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

nately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

In the Philippines, the sapodilla or its fruit; also, the marmalade tree or its fruit.

wers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel. See under Cold, a.

The gall bladder.

The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

pon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.

chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.

A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881.