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A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.

To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6.

Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson.

will chastise me. Shak. I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.

A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.

A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly.

Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- Chill"ing"ly, adv.

judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.

Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n.

specially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts xi. 26.

An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

ind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

Acute discernment.