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A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.

Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." Byron.

A small chain. Sir W. Scott.

Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold.

One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. Prior.

The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, or Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Same as Chalaza.

Having or bearing chalazas.

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

ecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub in Casuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulaceæ and Juglandaceæ. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus,…

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]

The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.