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C — Chat to Chore (Part 8 of 9)

    2. High-minded, generous, gallant, magnanimous, knightly.

Chivalry, n.

    1. Knighthood, knight-errantry.
    2. Valor, gallantry.

Chloride of barium. Muriate of baryta, hydrochlorate of baryta.

Chloride of lime. Bleaching powder.

Chloride of mercury. Calomel, protochloride of mercury, subchloride of mercury.

Chlorosis, n. (Med.) Green-sickness.

Chogret, n. [Indian name.] Conner, cunner, burgall, blue perch.

Choice, n.

    1. Election, selection, option, alternative.
    2. Preference.

Choice, a.

    1. Select, exquisite, precious, valuable, rare, uncommon, excellent, superior, unusual.
    2. Frugal, careful, chary, sparing.

Choke, v. a.

    1. Suffocate, stifle, smother, strangle, throttle.
    2. Suppress, overpower, overcome, stifle, smother, keep down.
    3. Obstruct, close, block, stop, bar.

Choke, v. n. Be choked, strangle, suffocate.

Choke-damp, n. Foul air, carbonic acid, carbonic-acid gas (accumulated in wells and pits).

Chokeful, a. Brimful, quite full, chock-full, chuck-full, full to overflowing.

Choler, n.

    1. Bile.