n. [ Sp. chili, chile. ] A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [ Written also chilli and chile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chilia`s, chiliado`s, fr. chi`lioi a thousand. ] A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; chi`lioi a thousand + &unr_; angle. ] A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chi`lioi a thousand + &unr_; base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [ Spelt also chiliaëdron. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Chili. -- n. A native or citizen of Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; chi`lioi a thousand + &unr_; leader, &unr_; to lead. ] The commander or chief of a thousand men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;. See Chiliad. ] 1. The millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Chiliasm. ] One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a millenarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Millenarian. “The obstruction offered by the chiliastic errors.” J. A. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wingless insect living in dark moist places, as under tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed; called also jumping bristletail.
Syn. -- jumping bristletail. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of insects including the jumping bristletails. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Trochilus. ] (Zool.) A division of birds comprising the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Trochilics. ] OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. “By art trochilic.” Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the sheaf of a pulley, roller of a windlass, from &unr_; to run. ] The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Trochilus. ] One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidae. Gould. [ 1913 Webster ]