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A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

o vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole panel. -- Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. -- Challenge to the polls, an ex…

Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray.

By chance; perchance. Gray.

hange one's occupation; to change one's intention. They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele.

nt) horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

composition or art. That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay.

The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.

Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

s dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. De Quincey. Thackeray. Cheese cake, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior. -- Cheese fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, l…

To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.] A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.

f hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head. A curl that had strayed from her chignon. H. James.

to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond.

A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. -- Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. -- Chimney corner, the space between the sides of th…

ize of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.