<B>chesterlite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of potash feldspar, occurring in small white crystals implanted on dolomite. </DL>
<A NAME="chestertonian">
<B>Chestertonian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characteristic of the English writer G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) or his style of writing. </DL>
<A NAME="chesterwhite">
<B>Chester White,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of large, white hog believed to have originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania. </DL>
<A NAME="chestful">
<B>chestful, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fuls.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> as much or as many as a chest can hold. <BR> <I>Ex. He was awarded a chestful of decorations (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chestnitsa">
<B>chestnitsa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Serbian Christmas cake containing a silver coin which is supposed to bring good luck to the person who finds it in his piece of cake. </DL>
<A NAME="chestnote">
<B>chest note,</B> <B>=chest tone.</B></DL>
<A NAME="chestnut">
<B>chestnut, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large tree that bears nuts in prickly burs. The chestnut belongs to the beech family. <DD><B> 2. </B>the sweet nut of this tree. It is good to eat. <DD><B> 3. </B>the wood of this tree. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=horse chestnut.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>Also, <B>chestnut brown.</B> a reddish brown. <DD><B> 6. </B>a reddish-brown horse. <DD><B> 7. </B>the hard knob in the skin of a horse at the inner side of the foreleg. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a stale joke, story, or piece of music; cliche. <BR> <I>Ex. This bouncy cornucopia of musical comedy chestnuts seemed okay for most of the audience (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> reddish-brown. <BR><I>expr. <B>pull</B> (someone's) <B>chestnuts out of the fire,</B> </I>to help someone out of a difficulty at one's own risk; assume another's burden or hardship. <BR> <I>Ex. "More and more I see the big cities turning to the suburbs to pull their chestnuts out of the fire," Mr. Caso declared (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chestnutbackedchickadee">
<B>chestnut-backed chickadee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of chickadee having a brown back, common along the Pacific coast of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="chestnutblight">
<B>chestnut blight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fungous disease of the chestnut tree. <BR> <I>Ex. Forest tree diseases such as the chestnut blight about 20 years ago, can wipe out entire species (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the fungus that causes it. </DL>
<A NAME="chestnutbrown">
<B>chestnut brown,</B> <B>=chestnut;</B> a reddish brown.</DL>
<A NAME="chestnutsidedwarbler">
<B>chestnut-sided warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warbler with a yellow crown and chestnut sides in the spring plumage, found in eastern North America. </DL>
<A NAME="chestofdrawers">
<B>chest of drawers,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an article of furniture with drawers for clothing, linen, or other items for storage. </DL>
<A NAME="chestonchest">
<B>chest-on-chest, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an article of furniture consisting of two chests with drawers, usually a smaller one on top of a larger one. </DL>
<A NAME="chestprotector">
<B>chest protector,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a warm cover for the chest, as of flannel. <DD><B> 2. </B>a padded piece of equipment worn on the chest especially by baseball catchers and ice hockey goalies. </DL>
<A NAME="chestregister">
<B>chest register,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the lower range of a voice, especially in singing. </DL>
<A NAME="chestthumping">
<B>chest-thumping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> boasting. <BR> <I>Ex. Heaven knows, we've done enough chest-thumping for one ad (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chesttone">
<B>chest tone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tone produced in the lower range of the voice. </DL>
<B>chetnik, </B>noun, pl. <B>chetnici,</B> <B>-niks.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Yugoslav guerrilla force that originated in 1904 and was active in the Balkan Wars in World War I, and against the Nazis during World War II. </DL>
<A NAME="chevaldefrise">
<B>cheval-de-frise, </B>noun, pl. <B>chevaux-de-frise.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of wood with spikes sticking out, formerly used to hinder the advance of enemy cavalry. <BR> <I>Ex. Let us sink in our channel some chevaux-de-frise--And then let 'em come (Philip Freneau).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a row of spikes or broken glass on top of a wall. </DL>
<A NAME="chevalglass">
<B>cheval glass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall mirror mounted in a frame so that it swings between its supports. </DL>
<A NAME="chevalier">
<B>chevalier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaic.) a knight. <BR> <I>Ex. The Young Chevalier was Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, grandson of James II of England.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of the lowest rank in the Legion of Honor of France. <DD><B> 3. </B>in the French nobility: <DD><B> a. </B>a noble of the lowest rank. <DD><B> b. </B>a younger son. <DD><B> 4. </B>a chivalrous man; a lady's cavalier; gallant. </DL>
<B>chevaux-de-frise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>cheval-de-frise.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chevelure">
<B>chevelure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the hair of the head; a head of hair. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a wig. </DL>
<A NAME="cheverel">
<B>cheverel</B> or <B>cheveril, </B>noun. <B>=kidskin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="chevet">
<B>chevet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) the apse, or the termination of the apse, of a church, especially the apsidal end of a church when consisting of a main apse and several (usually five) secondary apses or chapels radiating from it. </DL>
<A NAME="cheviot">
<B>Cheviot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hardy breed of sheep with heavy bodies and fine, thick-set wool, that originated in the Cheviot Hills, on the boundary between England and Scotland. </DL>
<A NAME="cheviot">
<B>cheviot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rough, woolen cloth. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cotton cloth like it. </DL>
<A NAME="chevon">
<B>chevon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the meat of a goat. </DL>
<A NAME="chevre">
<B>chevre, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a French cheese made from goats' milk. </DL>
<A NAME="chevron">
<B>chevron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cloth design in the shape of the letter V, either right side up or upside down. It is worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, policemen, and members of other groups, as an indication of rank, length of service, or wounds in war. <DD><B> 2. </B>a design shaped like the letter V upside down, used in coats of arms and in architecture. </DL>
<A NAME="chevronbone">
<B>chevron bone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a V-shaped bone articulating with, and forming an inverted arch beneath, the spinal column of many vertebrates, especially in the caudal region. The series of such bones forms a canal through which blood vessels run. </DL>
<A NAME="chevroned">
<B>chevroned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> decorated with chevrons. </DL>
<A NAME="chevronwise">
<B>chevronwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) in the manner of a chevron; with the lines divided in the direction of a chevron. </DL>
<A NAME="chevrotain">
<B>chevrotain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of small, hornless, deerlike, cud-chewing animals of Asia and Africa; mouse deer. </DL>
<A NAME="chevy">
<B>chevy, </B>noun, pl. <B>chevies,</B> verb, <B>chevied,</B> <B>chevying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hunting cry. <DD><B> 2. </B>a hunt; chase. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to hunt; chase. <BR> <I>Ex. One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for about ten minutes (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to worry. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to scamper; race. </DL>
<A NAME="chew">
<B>chew, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. <BR> <I>Ex. He chewed a mouthful of meat but it was too much to swallow.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to think over (advice, opinions, statements, or anything else); consider. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to use the jaws and teeth, or toothlike parts, in order to crush or grind something; bite; champ. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) to chew tobacco. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to think something over; meditate. <BR> <I>Ex. When you come to look at it all around, and chew at it and think it over, don't it just [outdo] anything you ever heard of? (Mark Twain).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of chewing. <BR> <I>Ex. The puppy left the shredded rag after a good chew.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a bite; the thing chewed; a piece for chewing. <BR> <I>Ex. He broke off a good chew of tobacco.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>chew out,</B> </I>(Slang.) to scold severely; reprimand. <BR> <I>Ex. The other day I listened to a guy six-foot-four ... chewing out a five-foot-four assistant manager ... (Robert T. Allen).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>chew the fat.</B> </I>See under <B>fat.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>chew the rag.</B> </I>See under <B>rag.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>chew up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to destroy. </I> <I>Ex. Predators kill what is most easily available. ... They don't chew up what can't be replaced (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to consume. <BR> <I>Ex. Defense expenditures for military functions ... chew up 41 per cent of the budget (New York Times).</I> adj. <B>chewable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chewer">
<B>chewer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who chews (gum, tobacco, food). <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person who meditates or studies a problem. <DD><B> 3. </B>a ruminant animal, such as a cow, goat, or sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="chewinggum">
<B>chewing gum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> gum for chewing. It is usually chicle that has beensweetened and flavored. </DL>
