v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Abstained p. pr. & vb. n. Abstaining. ] [ OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir, abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. & v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See Tenable. ] To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up; relinquish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hinder; to withhold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, ongeán, against, again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay. ] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Another time; once more; anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a man die, shall he live again? Job xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In any other place. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. On the other hand. “The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Moreover; besides; further. [ 1913 Webster ]

Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. --
Now and again, now and then; occasionally. --
To and again, to and fro. [ Obs. ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person especially one's self; preceded by a possessive. `my ain' is Scottish
Syn. -- own(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L. Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes. ] [ Obs. ] 1. A German. Also adj., German. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The German language. J. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of dance. See Allemande. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almain rivets,
Almayne rivets, or
Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n. ] 1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. “They fled amain.” Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. amener. See Amenable. ] (Naut.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Naut.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Appertained p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining. ] [ OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain. ] To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. erzkämmerer. See Arch-, pref. ] A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ascertained p. pr. & vb. n. Ascertaining. ] [ OF. acertener; a (L. ad) + certain. See Certain. ] 1. To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very deferring [ of his execution ] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attained p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining. ] [ Of. atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F. atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint. ] 1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means? Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [ Obs. with a material object. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not well attaining his meaning. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. “Canaan he now attains.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To overtake. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Attain, Obtain, Procure. Attain always implies an effort toward an object. Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure, which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion. We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by such means. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach. [ 1913 Webster ]

If by any means they might attain to Phenice. Acts xxvii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor nearer might the dogs attain. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I can not attain unto it. Ps. cxxxix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attainment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. atwaine, atwinne; pref. a- + twain. ] In twain; asunder. [ Obs. or Poetic ] “Cuts atwain the knots.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an island in the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Bahrein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an island country in the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Bahrein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bain, fr. L. balneum. Cf. Bagnio. ] A bath; a bagnio. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See Bark a vessel. ] 1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

And whon your honors mean to solemnize
The bargain of your faith. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone. --
Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides. --
To sell bargains, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. [ Obs. ] Swift. --
To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. “A bargain was struck.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See Bargain, n. ] To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bargained (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bargaining. ] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. “The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mil.) A train of artillery for siege operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Berained p. pr. & vb. n. Beraining. ] To rain upon; to wet with rain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
Syn. -- addle-head, loon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. blein, bleyn, AS. blēgen; akin to Dan. blegn, D. blein; perh. fr. the same root as E. bladder. See Bladder. ] 1. An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, brægen; akin to LG. brägen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. bre`gma, brechmo`s, the upper part of head, if β = φ. √95. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding; as, use your brains. “ My brain is too dull.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense, often used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a very intelligent person. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

6. the controlling electronic mechanism for a robot, guided missile, computer, or other device exhibiting some degree of self-regulation. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

To have on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [ Low ] --
no-brainer a decision requiring little or no thought; an obvious choice. [ slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Brain box or
Brain case, the bony or cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. --
Brain coral,
Brain stone coral (Zool.), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria. --
Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy. --
Brain fever (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. --
Brain sand, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brained p. pr. & vb. n. Braining. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

There thou mayst brain him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the swift celerity of the death . . .
That brained my purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conceive; to understand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A watch-guard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under Chief, and cf. Chieftain. ] 1. A head, or chief officer; as: (a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. (b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army. (c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain. (d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. (e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc. (f) The foreman of a body of workmen. (g) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. [ 1913 Webster ]

A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military leader; a warrior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foremost captain of his time. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Captain general. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. --
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To act as captain of; to lead. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chief; superior. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the bushy-tailed European wildcat (Felis silvestris) resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat.
Syn. -- European wildcat, Felis silvestris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. &unr_; to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v. ] 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I myself am certain of you. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

However, I with thee have fixed my lot,
Certain to undergo like doom. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virtue that directs our ways
Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Unfailing; infallible. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

For certain, assuredly. --
Of a certain, certainly.

Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Certainty. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A certain number or quantity. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Certainly. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chaîne, fr. L. catena. Cf. Catenate. ] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Driven down
To chains of darkness and the undying worm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chain belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. --
Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. --
Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. --
Chain bond. See Chain timber. --
Chain bridge, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. --
Chain cable, a cable made of iron links. --
Chain coral (Zool.), a fossil coral of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. --
Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. --
Chain gang, a gang of convicts chained together. --
Chain hook (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. --
Chain mail, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. --
Chain molding (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. --
Chain pier, a pier suspended by chain. --
Chain pipe (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. --
Chain plate (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. --
Chain pulley, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. --
Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary. --
Chain rule (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. --
Chain shot (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. --
Chain stitch. See in the Vocabulary. --
Chain timber. (Arch.) See Bond timber, under Bond. --
Chain wales. (Naut.) Same as Channels. --
Chain wheel. See in the Vocabulary. --
Closed chain,
Open chain (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formulæ are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), or in an open extended form. --
Endless chain, a chain whose ends have been united by a link. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. p. p. Chained p. pr. & vb. n. Chaining. ] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chained behind the hostile car. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To keep in slavery; to enslave. [ 1913 Webster ]

And which more blest? who chained his country, say
Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To unite closely and strongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF. chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. kämmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and -ling. ] [ Formerly written chamberlin. ] 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An upper servant of an inn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See Chapel. ] 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w&aemacr_;n (for wægn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain. ] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chevrotin, OF. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. See Chevron. ] (Zool.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cheftayn, chevetayn, OF. chevetain, F. capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Captain, and see chief. ] A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.

Syn. -- Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce chilblains upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chill + Blain. ] A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling of the feet or hands, produced by exposure to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
Syn. -- pernio. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Chem.) having atoms linked by bonds which form a ring.
Syn. -- closed-ring. [ WordNet 1.5 ]