choquette (shoket)

[F., chor, n. See cor4. choragi, n. Plural of choragus . choragic (kō-raj'ik), a . [ γικός, The choragic victory of Lysikrates occurred B. c. 335. A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, II. 330, note. Choragic monument, in Gr. antiq., a small temple or shrine erected in honor of Bacchus by the succe ful choragus in a Dionysiac festival, upon which was displayed the bronze tripod received as a prize by the choragus, together with inscriptions usually giving the date, the play or plays represented, and the names of the performers. Choragic monuments were sometimes further ornamented by works of the most renowned artists, such as Praxiteles. In Athens a street called the Street of Tri Warsaw in 1825: so called because intended to accompany choral singing in churches. Also called wolodion , wolodicon , and colomelodicon . choralist (kō'ral-ist), n. [ choral + -ist.] 1. A singer or composer of choral music. 2. A chorally (ko'ral-i), adv . In the manner of a chorus; so as to be adapted to a choir. choraula (kō-ra'la), n .; pl. choraula (-lē). [NL., χορός , chorus, choir, + αὐλή , > L. aula , hall.] In some European churches, (a) the hall or room in which choir-boys rehearse; (b) a space behind the high altar where certain liturgical exercises are sung. chord (kôrd), n. [Same word as cord (and some- times, and formerly regularly, so spelled; but the spelling chord , after the L., is now conven- tionally preferred for the technical senses given below); chorda , χορδή , the string of a musical instrument: see cord1.] 1. A string; a cord. Specifically -2. The string of a mus i- cal instrument. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 3t. A musical tone.-4. In music, the simul- taneous sounding of three or more tones; spe- cifically, the sounding of three or more tones that are concordant with one another. A common chord or triad consists of any tone with its third and fifth. IMG:content-0353.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0354.jpg:[graphic] chordal (kôr'dal), a. [L. chorda , a chord, + -al.] Of or pertaining to a chord; specifically, of or pertaining to the chorda dorsal is or no to- chord of a vertebrate.- Chordal sheath, the in- vestment of the notochord; the per i chord. - Chordal ti ue, the substance of the notochord; the peculiar car- tilaginous ti ue known as cellular cartilage. 1. Major. 2. Minor. 3. Augmented. 4. Diminished. 5. Of the Chordaria (kôr-dā'ri-ä), n. [NL., fifth; a minor chord , one having a minor third and a per- fect fifth; a diminished chord , one having a minor third and a diminished fifth; and an augmented chord, one having a major third and an augmented fifth. Dimin ished and augmented chords are also called anomalous . A chord of the seventh, or seventh - chord , consists of any tone with its third, fifth, and seventh; a chord of the ninth contains also the ninth. (See ninth . ) The tones of a chord are arranged for analysis at intervals of a third from one another; and when so arranged, the lowest tone is called the root of the chord. When all the tones of the chord are not present, it is imperfect or incomplete ; when the tones are so arranged that the root is not the lowest, the chord is in- verted. Inverted chords are known by the numerals ind i- cating the intervals between the lowest tone and the others: as, chords of the sixth, of the fourth and sixth, of the fifth and sixth, of the second, etc. The tonic or fundamental chord is the triad whose root is the tonic or key-note; the dominant or leading chord , that whose root is the dominant taining to or characteristic of a chorus or a choir; performed in rhythmic concert, as music or dancing. Soft tunings, intermix'd with voice Choral or unison. Milton , P. L., vii. 599. Tennyson, Palace of Art. A star that with the choral starry dance Join'd not. 2. In music , specifically, pertaining to or de- signed for concerted vocal, as distinguished from instrumental, performance: as, Mendels- sohn's choral works. both Luther an and Reformed, having a plain melody, a strong harmony, and a stately -3. In the Rom . Cath . Ch ., any part of the ser- vice which is sung by the whole choir (cantus choral is), generally consisting of a part of the ancient church music (cantus firm us), sung in unison, or more frequently sung by by the tenor, while a greater freedom is allowed in the parts. choral-book (kō'ral-bük), n. A collection of chorals or hymn-tunes. chorale, n. See choral , 1. chorale on (kō-rālē-on), n . [ choral + -eon, as in melodeon .] A A mus i musical instrument of the organ kind, having metal pipes, invented in root is the subdominant (fourth tone of the scale), etc. Chords are related or relative to each other when they con- tain common tones. A transient chord is one used to con- nect two keys or tonalities, and containing tones foreign to both. An equivocal chord is one which may be resolved into different keys without changing any of its tones. Hence-5. Harmony, as of color. The sweet and solemn harmony of purple with various greens-the same, by the by, to which the hills of Scotland owe their best loveline - remained a favourite chord of colour with the Venetians. 6. In geom . , a straight line intersecting a curve; that part of a straight line which is comprised between two of its inter sec- tions with a curve; specifi- cally, the straight line joining the extremities of an arc of a circle. The great Piazza in Siena... is in the shape of a shallow horse-shoe, . or, better, of a bow, in which the high façade of the Palazzo Pub- blico forms the chord , and everything else the arc. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, [p. 254. AB , AC are chords of the arcs they subtend. 7. A main horizontal member of a bridge-tru . pre ion; when at the lower edge, it is a lower chord , and is in tension. 8. In an at . , a cord; a chorda; especially, the notochord, or chorda dorsal is. See chorda.- Broken chords. See broken . - Chord of an angle, the chord of the intercepted arc of a circle of unit radius hav ing its center at the vertex of the angle. - Chord of cur- vature, that chord of the osculating circle of a curve which pa es through the origin of coördinates. - Chords of con- tact, of two circles, chords joining the points of tangency of two common tangents of the two circles. - Chords of Will is, numerous fibrous bands extending acro the lumen of the superior longitudinal sinus of the brain, in its posterior portion. - Chromatic chord. See chromat chorel (chor), n. [Also written choar and dial. cho or, formerly chewre , a var. of chare , char : see char1, charel.] A char, chare, or small job; a task; especially, a piece of minor domestic work, as about a house or barn, of regular or frequent recurrence: generally in the plural. [Now U. S.] Here's two chewres chewr'd: when Wisdom is employ'd, Tis ever thus. Beau, and Fl ., Love's Cure, iii. 2. Meanwhile we did our nightly chores , - Brought in the wood from out of doors, Littered the stalls, and from the mows Raked down the herd's-gra for the cows. Same as char1 , 5. chare2 .] Same as chare2 . [L. chorus : see choir .] A names. Choree or choreus in modern usage is simply a rare name for trochee (-). Also called choreus . choregi, n. Plural of choregus . choregraphic, chore graphical, a. See choro- graphic2. choregraphy, n. See chorography2 . choregus, n. See choragus . [Rare.] He [So crates] is the choregus of Greek free-thought. J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, I. 181. choregy (kor'e-ji), n. [= F. chorégie , xo- ρηγία, χορηγός , choragus: see choragus , chore- gus.] Same as choragy. Grote. chore i, n. Plural of choreus . choreic (kō-re ́ik), a . [ chorea + -ic; F. cho- réique.] Pertaining to chorea; affected with choreoid (kō-rēʼoid), a. [ chorea + -oid.] Re- sembling chorea or what occurs in chorea; choreiform. chore oman i a (kō-rē-ō-ma'ni-a), n. [L. chorea + mania , madne .] Same as cho romania . chorepiscopal (kō-re-pisko-pal), a . [ piscopus + -al .] Pertaining to a chore pisco pus. They were allowed the name, and honour, and sometime the execution of offices chorepiscopal . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 196. chore pisco pus (kō-rē-pis'kō-pus), n.; pl. chore- piscopi (-pi). [LL. (> F. chorévéque = Sp. corepiscopo = Pg. chorebispo = It. corepiscopo ), bir. χωρεπίσκοπος , χώρα , place, επίσκοπος , bishop: see bishop .] One of a cla of clergy, in rank between bishops proper and presbyters, authorities hold that they were intrusted with special power; while others regard them IMG:content-0355.png:[ocr errors] choripetalous (kō-ri-pet'a-lus), (kō-ri-pet'a a. [Irreg. bot . , having the χωρίς, asunder, + πέταλον , a leaf (petal).] In ng the petals unconnected: equivalent IMG:content-0356.png:[ocr errors] ically correct, but apply to different periods. choreus (kō-rē'us), n.; pl.chore i (-1). [L., χορός , a dance: see chorus .] In pros ., same as trochee. choria, n. Plural of chorion . choriamb (kō'ri-amb), n. [Also, as L., chori-rization. IMG:content-0357.png:[blocks in formation] choriamb has a magnitude of six times or moræ (is hex a- semic); and as four of these constitute the thesis and two the arsis, or vice vers a, it belongs to the diplasic cla of feet. Genuine choriambs are rare. Apparent choriambs are catalectic dactylic dipodies (1~4), either of gen- uine dactyls, as at the end of a pentameter, or of cyclic dactyls, as in Asclepiadic and other log aædic verses. Ana- similar forms. The choriamb takes its name from its ap- pestic lines analyzed as dactylic series with anacrusis show parent composition from a choree (trochee) and an iambus. choriambi, n. Plural of choriambus . choriambic (kō-ri-am'bik), a. and n. [L. choriambic us, χορίαμβος , cho- riamb.] I. a. Pertaining to, constituting, or consisting of choriambs: as, a choriambic foot, verse, or movement. II. n. A foot constituting a choriamb, or a verse consisting of choriambs. choriambus (ko-ri-am'bus), n.; pl. choriambi (-bi). Same as choriamb . L. choric us = Gr. χορικός , pertaining to a cho- choric (ko'rik), a. [= F. chorique = It. corico, rus, χορός , chorus: see chorus.] Of or per- taining to a chorus; specifically, fitted for the as, choric meters, poems, or compositions (that is, the more elaborate as opposed to the sim- pler meters, etc.). See chorus , 1 (b). The choric spirit is here. The choric responses of the last dialogue form a resonant climax to the whole. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 388. chorioblastosis (kōri-o-blas-tō'sis), n. [ βλαστός , germ, + -osis.] In pathol . , a name given by A us spitz to a deviation from normal growth in the corium or true skin, as, for example, a granuloma, a fibroma, or a case of atrophy. cho rio cap ill aris (kōri-o-kap-i-lā'ris), a . used as n. [NL., χόριον , a membrane (choroid), + L. capillaris , capillary.) The inner layer of the choroid coat of the eye, formed largely of capillaries: an abbreviation of the phrase mem- bran a or tunica cho rio cap ill aris . Also called tunica Ruyschiana and tunica vasculosa Halleri. chorion (ko'ri-on), n.; pl. choria (-a). [NL. (> F. Sp. Pg . chorion = It. corio ), χόριον , fetal membrane, any membrane. Cf. corium.] 1. In an at ., the outermost fetal envelop; the ex- ternal membrane which invests the embryo, forming in the higher vertebrates the outer layer of the bag of waters, and contributing to the embryo, it occupies the relation of the original to the formation of the placenta. With reference vitelline membrane or cell-wall of the ovum. 2. By analogy - (a) The membrana put am in is or egg-pod of those eggs which have calcareous shells. [Rare.] (b) The external investment of the ovum of an insect, derived from the epi- thelial layer of the oviduct. - Chorion frondo- sum, the tufted or shaggy of the chorion, com- part of the chorion, which does not enter into the com- position of the placenta. chorionic (ko-ri-on'ik), a. [ chori- onic membrane; chorionic villi. Behold the great chorist of the angelical quire. Partheneia Sacra (1633), p. 150. [ chorist ate (kō-ris'tāt), a . separable, separate ( χωρίζειν , separate: see chorisis), + -atel.] In bot . , increased in num- ber by chorisis; affected with chorisis. chorister (kor'is-ter), n. [ quirister , after quire1 .] 1. A singer in a choir or chorus; specifically, a male member of a church choir. The Choristers the joyous An the me sing. Spenser, Epithalamion, 1. 221. Sometimes there are on the cathedral foundation minor canons, and always precentors, lay vicars, and choristers . A. Fonblanque, Jr., How we are Governed, x. 2. In some churches, a choir-leader or precen- tor; one who leads the singing of the choir or the congregation.-3. A singer in general: as, The new-born phœnix takes his way; Of airy choristers a numerous train Attend his progre . Choristes (kō-ris'tēz), n. [NL., χωριστός , separate ( χωριστής , one who separates): see the family Choristidæ . chorist ate.] A genus of gastropods, typical of choristic (kō-ris'tik), a. [ chorist + -ic.] B6- longing to a choir; choric; choral. [Rare.] Choristida (kō-ris'ti-da), n. pl . [NL., χωριστός , separate, separable (see chorist ate ), + order of Tetractinellida , contrasted with the -ida.] In Sollas's cla ification of sponges, an order Lithistid a , and defined as tetractinellid sponges with quadriradiate or triæne spicules which are never consolidated into a rigid net- work. choristopod (kō-ris'to-pod), n. One of the Cho- II. n. A sponge of the order Choristida . ristopoda ; a choristopodous crustacean. J. D. Dana . Choristopoda (kō-ris-top'ō-da), n . pl . [NL., χωριστός , separate (see chorist ate ), + πούς order of edriophthalmous crus (ποδ-) = Ε. foot .] In Dana's cla ification, an imately equivalent to the amphipods and iso- crustaceans, approx- pods together, and divided into three groups. ▼ choristopodous