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semble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]

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.

making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

piece of buffoonery; a caper. And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

Much talking; prattle; chatter. Byron.

g. Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black. Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zoöl.), a small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the waxwing. -- Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing us…

Set with briers. Chatterton.

To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.

To shiver or chatter with cold. [Scot.] Burns.

To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson

Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

mily Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

a handbill. -- Fly snapper (Zoöl.), an American bird (Phainopepla nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. -- Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardat…

The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.] Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]

Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]