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a hundred years. Thet opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow.

so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow. The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak.

language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

pinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. -- Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small a…

A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]

in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.

See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times.

Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow.

Surgical [Obs.] "Chirurgical lore" Longfellow.

To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer.

One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.

Christianlike. Longfellow.

A coarse or stupid fellow. Shak.

Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow.

Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow. To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur

ogether; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.

A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt Dryden.