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A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [Written also chilli and chile.]

thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More.

A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow.

A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [Spelt also chiliaëdron.]

Of or pertaining to Chili. -- n.

The commander or chief of a thousand men.

A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford.

The millennium.

One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Millenarian. "The obstruction offered by the chiliastic errors." J. A. Alexander.

A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. "By art trochilic." Camden.

The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.

One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.

A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.

A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

A native or resident of Chile; Chilian.

See Chili.

r its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.