Chapter Chilled to Chinook of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Chin
(Chin) n. [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. cf. Skr. hanu. &radic232.]

1. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

2. (Zoöl.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.

China
(Chi"na) n.

1. A country in Eastern Asia.

2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.

China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. — China bean. See under Bean, 1. — China clay See Kaolin. — China grass, Same as Ramie. — China ink. See India ink. — China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. — China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; — formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). — China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. — China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. — China ware, porcelain; — so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. — Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.

Chinaldine
(Chin*al"dine) n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) See Quinaldine.

Chinaman
(Chi"na*man) n.; pl. Chinamen A native of China; a Chinese.

Chincapin
(Chin"ca*pin) n. See Chinquapin.

Chinch
(Chinch) n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]

1. (Zoöl.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

2. (Zoöl.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; — also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

Chincha
(Chin"cha) n. [Cf. Chinchilla.] (Zoöl.) A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

Chinche
(Chinche) a. [F. chiche miserly.] Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chincherie
(Chinch"er*ie) n. Penuriousness. [Obs.]

By cause of his skarsete and chincherie.
Caucer.

Chinchilla
(Chin*chil"la) n. [Sp.]

1. (Zoöl.) A small rodent of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

2. The fur of the chinchilla.

3. A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.