Cherisher (n.) One who cherishes.
Cherishment (n.) Encouragement; comfort.
Chermes (n.) See Kermes.
Cherogril (n.) See Cony.
Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
Cheroot (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
Cherry (n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
Cherry (n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
Cherry (n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
Cherry (a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
Chersonese (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
Chert (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.
Cherty (a.) Like chert; containing chert; flinty.
Cherubs (pl. ) of Cherub
Cherubim (pl. ) of Cherub
Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.
Cherub (n.) A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.
Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.
Cherub (n.) A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.
Cherubic (a.) Alt. of Cherubical
Cherubical (a.) Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.
Cherubim (n.) The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.
Cherubin (a.) Cherubic; angelic.
Cherubin (n.) A cherub.
Cherup (v. i.) To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup.
Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.
Cherup (n.) A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.
Chervil (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.
Ches () pret. of Chese.
Chese (v. t.) To choose
Chesible (n.) See Chasuble.
Cheslip (n.) The wood louse.
Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.
Chess-apple (n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.
Chessel (n.) The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.
Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
Chessmen (pl. ) of Chessman
Chessman (n.) A piece used in the game of chess.
Chessom (n.) Mellow earth; mold.
Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.
Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.
Chest (n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
Chest (n.) A coffin.
Chest (n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
Chest (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Chested (imp. & p. p.) of Chest
Chest (v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
Chest (v. i.) To place in a coffin.
Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
Chested (a.) Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.
Chesterlite (n.) A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.
Chesteyn (n.) The chestnut tree.
Chest founder () A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.
Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Chestnut (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
Chestnut (n.) A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
Chestnut (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
Chestnut (n.) An old joke or story.
Chestnut (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Chetah (n.) See Cheetah.
Chetvert (n.) A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.
Chevachie (n.) See Chivachie.
Chevage (n.) See Chiefage.
Chevaux (pl. ) of Cheval
Cheval (n.) A horse; hence, a support or frame.
Chevaux-de-frise (pl. ) of Cheval-de-frise
Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
Chevalier (n.) A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
Chevalier (n.) A member of certain orders of knighthood.
Chevaux (n. pl.) See Cheval.
Cheve (v. i.) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise.
Chevelure (n.) A hairlike envelope.
Cheven (n.) A river fish; the chub.
Cheventein (n.) A variant of Chieftain.
Cheveril (v. i.) Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.
Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.
Cheverliize (v. i.) To make as pliable as kid leather.
Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Cheviot (n.) A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.
Cheviot (n.) A woolen fabric, for men's clothing.
Chevisance (n.) Achievement; deed; performance.
Chevisance (n.) A bargain; profit; gain.
Chevisance (n.) A making of contracts.
Chevisance (n.) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.
Chevisance (n.) An unlawful agreement or contract.
Chevrette (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
Chevron (n.) One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.
Chevron (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.
Chevron (n.) A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.
Chevroned (p. a.) Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.
Chevronel (n.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
Chevronwise (adv.) In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise.