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Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

a canting tone. [R.] His strange face, his strange chant. Macaulay. Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal Etym: [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. -- Gregorian chant. See under…

( Etym: [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers.

To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. 'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. Shak.

mmonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

h is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.

iety or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. -- Charter party Etym: [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease…

Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter. The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey. The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.

Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

nlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana." Shak. Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.

al birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.

The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.

er Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

ttempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.

estletrees rest. -- Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. -- Butment cheek. See under Butment.

See Book scorpion, under Book.

istry; as, chemical changes; chemical comnbinations. Chemical attraction or affinity. See under Attraction.

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

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