Chattelism
(Chat"tel*ism) n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.
Chatter
(Chat"ter) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf.
Chat, v. i. Chitter.]
1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
Wordsworth.
2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
Shak.
3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
Dryden.
Chatter
(Chat"ter), v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
Begin his witless note apace to chatter.
Spenser.
Chatter
(Chat"ter), n.
1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
Your words are but idle and empty chatter.
Longfellow.
2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
Chatteration
(Chat*ter*a"tion) n. The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]
Chatterer
(Chat"ter*er) n.
1. A prater; an idle talker.
2. (Zoöl.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ — so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
(Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more
common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
Chattering
(Chat"ter*ing) n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the
sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
Chattiness
(Chat"ti*ness) n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
Chatty
(Chat"ty) a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
Chatty
(||Chat"ty), n. [Tamil shati.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
Chatwood
(Chat"wood`) n. [Chat a little stick + wood.] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.
Chaud-medley
(Chaud"-med`ley) n. [F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler)
to mingle.] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence
of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self- defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.
Chaudron
(Chau"dron) n. See Chawdron. [Obs.]
