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A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [U. S.]

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from. [A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson.

The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. Shak.

A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.

In the Philippines, the sapodilla or its fruit; also, the marmalade tree or its fruit.

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the pricipal actio or agent.

A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.

The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly.

Formality; lack of warmth.

The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.

A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc. The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. Shak.

A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.