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

To beguile. Sir W. Scott. To cheat winter of its dreariness. W. Irving.

d ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese. -- Cheese mite (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food. -- Cheese press, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. -- Cheese rennet (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium ver…

A hairlike envelope. The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel.

A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne.

Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott.

of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More.

A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir. T. Browne.

Exploit. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. Court of chivalry, a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.

To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.

Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W. Raleigh. Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.

To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.

the mapping or description of a region or district. The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.

See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.

2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.

A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.

ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.