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Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.

izable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).

A native of China; a Chinese.

Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.

recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is wid…

A mélange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [U. S.]

One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

ef European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.

Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. -- n.

he political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. S. W. Williams.

enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces a brilliant yellow.

The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts.

ulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the tube. -- Differential windlass, or Chinese windlass, a windlass whose barrel has two parts of different diameters. The hoisting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted hangs in the bight of the rope. It…

The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.

A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.