C. G. S.
(C. G. S.) An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. — applied to a system of units
much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the
unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.
Chab
(Chab) n. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied woodpecker
Chabasite
(Chab"a*site) Cabazite
(Cab"a*zite) n. [Gr. chabazi`os one of twenty species of stones
mentioned in the poem Peri` li`qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral
crystals, varying in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and
lime. Called also chabasie.
Chablis
(||Cha*blis") n. [F.] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.
Chabouk
(||Cha*bouk", ||Cha*buk") n. [Hind. chabuk horsewhip.] A long whip, such as is used in the
East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.
Chace
(Chace) n. See 3d Chase, n., 3.
Chace
(Chace), v. t. To pursue. See Chase v. t.
Chachalaca
(||Cha`cha*la"ca) n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zoöl.) The Texan
guan [written also chiacalaca.]
Chack
(Chack) v. i. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
Chacma
(||Chac"ma) n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); —
called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
Chaconne
(||Cha*conne") n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-
four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes
for variations.
Chad
(Chad) n. See Shad. [Obs.]
Chætetes
(||Chæ*te"tes) n. [NL., fr. Gr. hair.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian
limestones.
Chætiferous
(Chæ*tif"er*ous) a. [Gr. hair + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing setæ.
Chætodont
(Chæ"to*dont) n. [Gr. hair + tooth.] (Zoöl.) A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts
have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.
Chætodont
(Chæto*dont), a. Of or pertaining to the Chætodonts or the family Chætodontidæ.
Chætognath
(Chæ"tog*nath) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Chætognatha.
Chætognatha
(||Chæ*tog"na*tha) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. hair + jaw.] (Zoöl) An order of free-swimming marine
worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the
head.
Chætopod
(Chæ"to*pod) a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Chætopoda. — n. One of the Chætopoda.
Chætopoda
(||Chæ*top"o*da) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. hair + -poda.] (Zoöl.) A very extensive order of Annelida,
characterized by the presence of lateral setæ, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided
into two principal groups: Oligochæta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychæta, including
most of the marine species.
