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The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.

Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. -- Choir screen, Choir wall…

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.

A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

A system of healing disease of mind and body which teaches that all cause and effect is mental, and that sin, sickness, and death will be destroyed by a full understanding of the Divine Principle of Jesus' teaching and healing. The system was founded by Rev. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases…

A believer in Christian Science; one who practices its teachings.

Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in England about 1850. -- Christian socialist.

The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning. That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing. Glanvill.

ed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

or condition; situated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.

to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter

h, a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection. -- Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- To make a clean breast. See under Breast.

ral whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. Gay. Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. -- Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free fr…

A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.