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Concession; compliance. [Obs.]

Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin.

A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. Champions of law and liberty. Fisher Ames.

A female champion. Fairfax.

State of being champion; leadership; supremancy.

The act or process of characterizing.

The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]

The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent.

Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular poss…

The process of becoming chitinous.

The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer. Taylor.

The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.

The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.

The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.