AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
chapelet: a pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.-a kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
chaperon: a hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.-a device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.-a matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.-to attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.
chaperonage: attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.
chapfallen: having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. see chopfallen.
chapiter: a capital [obs.] see chapital.-a summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles.
chaplain: an ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.-a clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.-any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a masonic or a temperance lodge.
chaplainship: the office or business of a chaplain.-the possession or revenue of a chapel.
chaplet: a garland or wreath to be worn on the head.-a string of beads, or part of a string, used by roman catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.-a small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.-a chapelet. see chapelet, 1.-a bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.-a tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.-a small chapel or shrine.-to adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
chapman: one who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.-a peddler; a hawker.
chappion: one who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.-one who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of england.
chapter: a division of a book or treatise; as, genesis has fifty chapters.-an assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.-a community of canons or canonesses.-a bishop's council.-a business meeting of any religious community.-an organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the freemasons.-a meeting of certain organized societies or orders.-a chapter house.-a decretal epistle.-a location or compartment.-to divide into chapters, as a book.-to correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
char: alt. of charr-a car; a chariot.-work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore.-alt. of chare-alt. of chare-to reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.-to burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
char-a-bancs: a long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
chara: a genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. they flourish in wet places.
charact: a distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [obs.] see character.
character: a distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.-style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the runic character.-the peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.-strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.-moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.-quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.-the estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.-a written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.-a unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, randolph was a character; caesar is a great historical character.-one of the persons of a drama or novel.-to engrave; to inscribe.-to distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
characteristic: pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.-a distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.-the integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
characterize: to make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.-to engrave or imprint.-to indicate the character of; to describe.-to be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
charactery: the art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.-that which is charactered; the meaning.
charade: a verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.
charbon: a small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.-a very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. see maligmant pustule.
charcoal: impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. it is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.-finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
chard: the tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.-a variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
chare: to perform; to do; to finish.-to work or hew, as stone.-to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.-a narrow street.-a chore; to chore; to do. see char.
charge: to lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.-to lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.-to lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.-to fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.-to place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.-to impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.-to accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.-to place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.-to ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.-to assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.-to call to account; to challenge.-to bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.-to make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.-to demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.-to debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.-to squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.-a load or burder laid upon a person or thing.-a person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.-custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.-heed; care; anxiety; trouble.-harm.-an order; a mandate or command; an injunction.-an address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.-an accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.-whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.-the price demanded for a thing or service.-an entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.-that quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time-the act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.-a position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.-a soft of plaster or ointment.-a bearing. see bearing, n., 8.-thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.-weight; import; value.
charge d'affaires: a diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
chargeable: that may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.-subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.-serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
charger: one who, or that which charges.-an instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.-a large dish.-a horse for battle or parade.
chariot: a two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.-a four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat.-to convey in a chariot.
charioteer: one who drives a chariot.-a constellation. see auriga, and wagones.
charism: a miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early christians.
charitable: full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.-liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.-liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.-of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution.-dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
charity: love; universal benevolence; good will.-liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.-liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.-whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.-a charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, lady margaret's charity.-eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
charivari: a mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
charlatan: one who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
charlatanical: of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.
charlatanry: undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
charles's wain: the group of seven stars, commonly called the dipper, in the constellation ursa major, or great bear. see ursa major, under ursa.
charlock: a cruciferous plant (brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. it is troublesome in grain fields. called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
charlotte: a kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
charm: a melody; a song.-a word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.-that which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.-anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.-any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.-to make music upon; to tune.-to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.-to subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.-to attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.-to protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.-to use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.-to act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.-to make a musical sound.
charmer: one who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.-one who delights and attracts the affections.
charming: of charm-pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
charnel: containing the bodies of the dead.-a charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
charon: the son of erebus and nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the styx, a river of the infernal regions.
charpie: straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
charqui: jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.
charr: one of the several species of fishes of the genus salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in europe. in the united states, the brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.-see 1st char.
charras: the gum resin of the hemp plant (cannabis sativa). same as churrus.
chart: a sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.-a map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the united states coast survey charts; the english admiralty charts.-a written deed; a charter.-to lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.
charta: material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.-a charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. see magna charta.
charte: the constitution, or fundamental law, of the french monarchy, as established on the restoration of louis xviii., in 1814.
charter: a written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.-an instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.-an act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.-a special privilege, immunity, or exemption.-the letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. see charter party, below.-to establish by charter.-to hire or let by charter, as a ship. see charter party, under charter, n.
chartered: of charter-granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.-hired or let by charter, as a ship.
charterhouse: a well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a carthusian monastery (chartreuse) in london.
chartism: the principles of a political party in england (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the people's charter.
chartless: without a chart; having no guide.-not mapped; uncharted; vague.
chartreuse: a carthusian monastery; esp. la grande chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near grenoble, france.-an alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at la grande chartreuse.
chary: careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.
charybdis: a dangerous whirlpool on the coast of sicily opposite scylla on the italian coast. it is personified as a female monster. see scylla.
chase: to pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.-to follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.-to pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.-to give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.-vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.-that which is pursued or hunted.-an open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. sometimes written chace.-a division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.-a rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.-the part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. see cannon.-a groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.-a kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.-to ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.-to cut, so as to make a screw thread.
chaser: one who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.-same as chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. see under bow, stern.-one who chases or engraves. see 5th chase, and enchase.-a tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
chasing: of chase-the art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
chasm: a deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.-a void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
chasse: a movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.-to make the movement called chasse; as, all chasse; chasse to the right or left.
chassepot: a kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.
chasseur: one of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.-an attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.
chassis: a traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [see gun carriage.]
chaste: pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.-pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.-pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.-unmarried.
chasten: to correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.-to purify from errors or faults; to refine.
chastened: of chasten-corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
chasteness: chastity; purity.-freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
chastise: to inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.-to reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
chastisement: the act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
chastity: the state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.-moral purity.-the unmarried life; celibacy.-chasteness.
chasuble: the outer vestment worn by the priest in saying mass, consisting, in the roman catholic church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. the back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of christ's sufferings. in the greek church the chasuble is a large round mantle.
chat: to talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.-to talk of.-light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.-a bird of the genus icteria, allied to the warblers, in america. the best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (i. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (i. longicauda). in europe the name is given to several birds of the family saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.-a twig, cone, or little branch. see chit.-small stones with ore.
chateau: a castle or a fortress in france.-a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the louvre; the chateau of the luxembourg.
chatelaine: an ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.
chatoyant: having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.-a hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
chattel: any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. it is a more extensive term than goods or effects.
chattelism: the act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.
chatter: to utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.-to talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.-to make a noise by rapid collisions.-to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.-sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.-noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
chatterer: a prater; an idle talker.-a bird of the family ampelidae -- 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: of chatter-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.
chatty: given to light, familiar talk; talkative.-a porous earthen pot used in india for cooling water, etc.