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A writing which, reguiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.

One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

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.

(Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also cive.]

place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written also chlorophyl.]

of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also chloropikrin.]

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

ds (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written also Chondropterygia.]

ple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]

The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares.

the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth.

An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.

A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.

A writer of chronograms.

One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke.

The art of writing in letters of gold.

A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.] His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.

A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]