n. [ F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle. ] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See Chafe. ] (Chem.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit., stoker. ] 1. [ pl. ] (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. One who manages the running of an automobile or limousine; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fem. of chauffeur. ] A woman chauffeur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gap. [ Obs. ] Colgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To open; to yawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O, chaun thy breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Chant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chantry. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F. ] The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A foot covering of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y., in 1874, and was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also, a meeting similar to this. [ PJC ]

(of education) The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831). ] 1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i.e. belief in the superiority of males. [ PJC ]

-- Chau"vin*ist, n. & adj. -- Chau`vin*is"tic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. Prof. H. Tuttle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. fanatically patriotic.
Syn. -- flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exchange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Irish folklore) A small mischevous elf or spirit in Irish folklore; it is often depicted in literature as a dwarfish bearded old man; -- legend tells that if a leprechaun is captured, he will reveal the location of his hidden pot of gold. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Disparaging, patronizing, discriminatory or abusive speech or behavior by males toward females stemming from a belief that males are superior to females and females therefore worthy of less respect and inferior treatment. A form of sexism. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A man with a belief in the inferiority of women; one who believes in or practises male chavinism.
Syn. -- sexist. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ G., lit., sea foam; meer sea + schaum foam; but it perh. is a corruption of the Tartaric name myrsen. Cf. Mere a lake, and Scum. ] 1. (Min.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tobacco pipe made of this mineral; a meerschaum pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called in allusion to Baron Munchausen's extravagant tales of travel. ] An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., orig. p.p. of réchauffer 8warm over. See Chafe, v. t. ] A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies. F. W. H. Myers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., lit., level of the street. See Raze, v. t., and Causey. ] (Arch.) The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe.

Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little shops which form the rez-de-chaussée. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Weltanschauungen /plu>. [ G. ] Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]