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Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

One who chides or quarrels. Shak.

She who chides. [Obs.]

A female scold. [Obs.]

Orchidaceous.

Same as Orchidaceous.

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.

An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.) Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaces by sugar. -- Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys.

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.

Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

the old imp. of chide. See Chide.

usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small,…

To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]

; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.

In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak.

In a gentle manner. My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard.

To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. [Obs.]

t. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. Shak.