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That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

To come or chance (upon). [R.]

One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

equest of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

cil of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc.

Adventure; hap. [Obs.] In aunters, perchance.

Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]

ristian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

lly or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]

A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. To open the budget,…

iling or preparating salt; a boilery. Crabb. And certain salt fats or bullaries. Bills in Chancery.

reats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. -- Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. -- Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathema…

e; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.

sed in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. -- To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to hav…

Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer.