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The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. The chastiser of the rich. Burke.

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.

ar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.]

in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.

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.

A little castle.

Same as Castellany.

A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.

Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

semble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]

A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.

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