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One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

One who changes or alters the form of anything.

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

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

The act or process of forming a channel or channels.

A song. Shak.

tten originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

A little song. These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black.

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

Composed in a melodious and singing style.

One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

A sailor's song.

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

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

A chanter.

A female chanter or singer. Milton.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.

The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.