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Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

To cry like a crow, rook, or raven. Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Shak.

Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.

The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules presribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

o attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics. Hook.

f rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals. -- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are e…

ddle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. -- Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling…

To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

hood. His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

lmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. Shak.

to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.

Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.

d 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.

Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.

ee Charter party, below. Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. -- Charter party Etym: [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a d…