Chum

[Armoric choum, for chouma, to remain, fix one's self, abide.] A chamber-fellow; one who shares the same room with another; hence a close companion, a comrade; as, a college chum. "The merry days when we were chums together."- Praed. chum together. Hence, by extension, to be on intimate terms. Chum'ba, a town of Hindostan, in the Punjab, on the Ravee, at the base of the Him a lay as, 120 m. N.E. of Lahore; Lat. 32° 22′ N., Lon. 75° 50′ E. It is built of wood, and is a place of some importance. Pop . abt. 6,000. Chum'bul, in Hindostan, (supposed to be the Sambus of Arrian,) a river rising in Malwah prov., and emptying into the Jumna, about 25 m. below Etaweh, after a N.E. course of about 500 m. Chub'bedne , n. State or condition of being chubby. Chub'-faced, a . Having a plump, round, chubby face. Chu-Chow', in China. See Tсноо-тCHEOO. Chuck, ( chuk ,) v . a . [Formed from the sound.] To make the clucking noise of a hen when she calls her chickens. -To laugh in a jeering, offensive manner; to chuckle. -To call, as a hen her young. "Then crowing clapp'd his wings th' appointed call To chuck his wives together in the hail." - Beau. and Fletcher. Chuck, v. a. [Fr. choquer ; formed in imitation of a small sharp sound, like that of pebbles when clashed together.] To strike or hit gently; to tap; to pat. "He chucked the barmaid under the chin." - Irving. -To throw with quick motion; to pitch; to cast; as, to chuck a stone at anything. (A vulgarism.) (Mech.) To place or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning. Chrys'olite, n. [Gr. chrysos, and lithos , a stone.] -n. The call of a hen; the voice of a hen. (Min.) The name applied to the paler and more trans- -An appellation of fondne or endearment; a modifica- parent kinds of Olivine. It rarely occurs crystallized, but generally in angular or rolled pieces of a greenish or golden-yellow color, imbedded in basalt or lava. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, and is sometimes used in jewelry. - It is supposed to have been the topaz of the ancients.