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vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also change-speed gear.

shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

k, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

r running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killerit is the state bird of New Mexico.

A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

fore justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. Jacob.

ons in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.

assica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw- colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.…

ious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. Hume.

iaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

To make the movement called chassé; as, all chassé; chassé to the right or left.

A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

rigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.

A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.

A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec. Bartlett.