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A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.

The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

ey have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.]

Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.

The art of judging character by the shape and apperance of the hand.

One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.

The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

A chiromancer.

Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

Relating to chironomy.

The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]

An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

See Bilirubin.

Stoppage; cessation (of labor).

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

A cartilaginous tumor or growth.