Chair
(Chair), v. t. [imp. & p. pr. Chaired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
1. To place in a chair.
2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
Chairman
(Chair"man) n.; pl. Chairmen
1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses.
Prior.
Chairmanship
(Chair"man*ship), n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
Chaise
(Chaise) n. [F. chaise seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for chaire, from a peculiar Parisian
pronunciation. See Chair.]
1. A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or
thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.
2. Loosely, a carriage in general. Cowper.
Chaja
(||Cha"ja) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The crested screamer of Brazil so called in imitation of its
notes; — called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding
other poultry. See Kamichi.
Chalaza
(||Cha*la"za) n.; pl. E. Chalazas, L. Chalazæ [NL., fr. Gr. hail, pimple.]
1. (Bot.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
2. (Biol.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg,
and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
Chalazal
(Cha*la"zal) a. Of or pertaining to the chalaza.
Chalaze
(Cha*laze") n. Same as Chalaza.
Chalaziferous
(Chal`a*zif"er*ous) a. [Chalaza + -ferous.] Having or bearing chalazas.
Chalazion
(||Cha*la"zi*on) n. [NL., fr. Gr. dim. of hail, pimple.] (Med.) A small circumscribed tumor of
the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.
Chalcanthite
(Chal*can"thite) n. [L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. .] (Min.) Native blue
vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.
Chalcedonic
(Chal"ce*don"ic) a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
Chalcedony
(Chal*ced"o*ny) (kal*sed"o*ny or kal"se*do*ny; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies [ L. chalcedonius,
fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calcédoine, OE. calcidoine,
casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a
whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]
When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
