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<A NAME="charterflight">
<B>charter flight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plane reserved for a party. <BR> <I>Ex. Charter flights, where a whole plane is hired for a party of people, provide the lowest of all international travel costs (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<B>chartism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the making and study of charts, especially of stock transactions, with a view to predicting future trends. </DL>
<A NAME="chartism">
<B>Chartism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles and demands of a reform movement whose members were chiefly workingmen, active in England especially from 1838 to 1848 in extending the vote to workers. n., adj. <B>Chartist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chartist">
<B>chartist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or studies charts, especially of the trading of stocks. <BR> <I>Ex. As the market advances, chartists look for more resistance to new highs in the industrial average (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chartreuse">
<B>chartreuse, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a light, yellowish green. <DD><B> 2. </B>a green, yellow, or white liqueur first made by the Carthusian monks from aromatic herbs and brandy. <BR> <I>Ex. There are a hundred and thirty herbal ingredients in Chartreuse (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a Carthusian monastery. <DD><I>adj. </I> light yellowish-green. </DL>
<A NAME="chartroom">
<B>chart room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compartment on a ship, where charts and navigating instruments are kept. </DL>
<A NAME="chartulary">
<B>chartulary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-laries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a register of charters, title deeds, and the like, as of a monastery. Also, <B>cartulary.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charwoman">
<B>charwoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a woman who is hired by the day to clean and scrub homes, offices, and public buildings. Also, <B>charewoman.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chary">
<B>chary, </B>adjective, <B>charier,</B> <B>chariest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>showing caution; careful; wary. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat was chary of getting its paws wet. Consumers regardful of their welfare should be equally chary (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>shy. <BR> <I>Ex. A bashful person is chary of strangers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>sparing; stingy. <BR> <I>Ex. A jealous person is chary of praising those who do well.</I> (SYN) frugal. adv. <B>charily.</B> noun <B>chariness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charybdis">
<B>Charybdis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dangerous whirlpool in the strait between Sicily and Italy, opposite the rock Scylla. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Greek Mythology.) a female monster that sucked down ships. <BR><I>expr. <B>between Scylla and Charybdis.</B> </I>See <B>Scylla.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chase">
<B>chase</B> (1), verb, <B>chased,</B> <B>chasing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to run or follow after to catch or kill. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat chased the mouse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to drive; drive away. <BR> <I>Ex. The blue jay chased the squirrel from its nest.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to run after; follow; pursue. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys chased the ball as it rolled downhill.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to hunt. <DD><B> 5. </B>to put to flight; rout. <BR> <I>Ex. Marriage may all those petty tyrants chase (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) to pursue with attentions; pay excessive court to. <BR> <I>Ex. to chase women.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Informal.) to follow (a strong drink of liquor) with a chaser. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a fellow drinking cognac chased with beer (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go in pursuit; follow. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) to rush; hurry. <BR> <I>Ex. Why are you chasing around?</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Informal.) to pursue girls or women with attentions. <BR> <I>Ex. Speed Dash neither smokes, drinks, nor chases (Erle Stanley Gardner).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of running after to catch or kill; pursuit. <BR> <I>Ex. We watched the children in their chase after butterflies.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>hunting as a sport; hunt. <BR> <I>Ex. The fox hunter was devoted to the chase.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a hunted animal; quarry. <BR> <I>Ex. The chase escaped the hunter.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an open piece of privately owned ground or other place reserved for hunting animals. <DD><B> 5. </B>the right of hunting over a tract of country or of keeping game there. <BR><I>expr. <B>give chase,</B> </I>to run after; pursue. <BR> <I>Ex. The fox gave chase as soon as it spotted the rabbit.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chase">
<B>chase</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>chased,</B> <B>chasing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to decorate (metal) with embossed or engraved work; engrave; carve. <BR> <I>Ex. ... an eight-piece sterling silver tea set, made and chased by hand (Wall Street Journal).</I> (SYN) enchase. </DL>
<A NAME="chase">
<B>chase</B> (3), noun, verb, <B>chased,</B> <B>chasing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a groove, furrow, or trench cut in a wall, the ground, or other place, for a pipe or other conductor. <BR> <I>Ex. The water pipes should be concealed in a chase.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the bore of a gun or the part containing the bore. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cut grooves in (metal). </DL>
<A NAME="chase">
<B>chase</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rectangular metal frame to hold type that is ready to print or make plates from. </DL>
<A NAME="chaser">
<B>chaser</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that chases. <BR> <I>Ex. The "File" is based on [his] experiences as a New York squad-car chaser in the '20s and '30s (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=hunter.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a small speedy airplane or ship used to repel and pursue attacking craft. <DD><B> 4. </B>Also, <B>chase gun.</B> the gun on the bow or stern of a ship. It is used when chasing, or being chased by, another ship. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a drink of water or some other mild beverage taken after a drink of strong liquor. <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=steeplechaser.</B> </DL>
<B>chasing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or work of one who chases metal. <DD><B> 2. </B>the design executed. </DL>
<A NAME="chasm">
<B>chasm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a deep opening or crack in the earth; gap. (SYN) fissure, cleft, rift. <DD><B> 2. </B>a deep gap or breach in any structure. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a wide difference of feelings or interests between two persons or two groups or a break in the continuity of anything, such as a chain of events or period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. The chasm between England and the American colonies grew wider and wider until it finally resulted in the American Revolution. The two hierarchies, the spiritual and the temporal ... were now separated by a deep and wide chasm (Sarah Austin).</I> (SYN) gap, gulf, lacuna. </DL>
<A NAME="chasmal">
<B>chasmal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a chasm. </DL>
<A NAME="chasmed">
<B>chasmed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a chasm or chasms. <BR> <I>Ex. the chasmed wilderness that is Burma's border with China (Time).</I> </DL>
<B>chasse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a glass or draft of liqueur taken after coffee. </DL>
<A NAME="chasse">
<B>chasse, </B>noun, verb, <B>-sed,</B> <B>-seing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> (in ballet, quadrilles, or other dance) a gliding step, in which one foot is kept ahead and the other is brought up behind it. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to perform a chasse. Also, <B>sashay.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chassepot">
<B>chassepot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a type of breechloading rifle. </DL>
<A NAME="chasseur">
<B>chasseur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a soldier of a group of cavalry or infantry equipped and trained to move rapidly. <DD><B> 2. </B>a hunter. <DD><B> 3. </B>an attendant or servant dressed in a uniform. <BR> <I>Ex. A servant in chasseur's livery entered (George Eliot).</I> </DL>
<B>Chassidim, </B>noun, pl. of <B>Chassid.</B> <B>=Hasidim.</B></DL>
<A NAME="chassidism">
<B>Chassidism, </B>noun. <B>=Hasidism.</B></DL>
<A NAME="chassis">
<B>chassis, </B>noun, pl. <B>chassis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle that support the body. <DD><B> b. </B>the working mechanism of an automobile as distinguished from a welded unit of frame and body, as in recent manufacture. <DD><B> 2. </B>the main landing gear that supports the body of an aircraft. <DD><B> 3a. </B>the base or frame for the parts of a radio or television set or other electronic equipment. <DD><B> b. </B>the parts mounted on this. <DD><B> 4. </B>the frame on which a gun carriage moves backward and forward, as in recoil. <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S. Slang.) the body. </DL>
<A NAME="chaste">
<B>chaste, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>morally pure; virtuous. <BR> <I>Ex. Chaste as morning dew (Edward Young).</I> (SYN) innocent, continent. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) decent; modest. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) simple in taste or style; not too much ornamented. (SYN) classic. adv. <B>chastely.</B> noun <B>chasteness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chasten">
<B>chasten, </B>transitive verb,<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to punish to improve; correct; discipline; chastise. <BR> <I>Ex. God chastened Job.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to restrain from excess or crudeness; moderate; temper; subdue. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make chaste or pure; purify; refine. noun <B>chastener.</B> </DL>
