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The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

baked. Charlotte Russe (, or Charlotte à la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. My high charms work. Shak.

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

stitute for madder. -- Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making.

cherry; as, prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).

An old joke or story. [Slang] Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.

Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

elongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker.

That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.

Broken in the back. [Obs.] He's chined, goodman. Beau. & Fl.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

t or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.

See Choke.

Quite full; choke-full.

s not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

ile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.

To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.