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Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

See Cæsarism.

A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.

Characteristic.

In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

Of or pertaining to a charism.

Same as Chartist.

Cheerfulness. [Obs.] There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.

n; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7.

One who cherishes. The cherisher of my flesh and blood. Shak.

Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

reach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc. Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving.

A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.

A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]

One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden.

Choric; choral. [R.]