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The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. The chaff and ruin of the times. Shak.

The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

a, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulaceæ and Juglandaceæ. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle. --Chal`a*zo*gam"ic (#), a.

martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray.

Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.…

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use;

The fore part of a horse's head.

The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller.

o 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.

A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open your chaps again." Shak.

To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character. You know the character to be your brother's Shak.