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A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personifed. It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but th…

To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

s a drawing implement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. -- Charcoal dr…

[F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

r senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.]

An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

in Norman architecture. Chevron bones (Anat.), The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.

Very intimate, near, or close. [Obs.] A whisperer separateth chief friends. Prov. xvi. 28.

A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot.

racter of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

ed form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. -- Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. -- Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence,…

To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]

A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.