chamomile

See camomile. champ1 (champ), v. [Sometimes pron. and chomp; a later form of early mod. E. writer around of Scand. origin: cf. Sw. dial. kämsa , chew with difficulty.] I. trans . 1. To bite repeatedly and impatiently, as a horse his bit. But, like a proud steed rein'd, went haughty on, Champing his iron curb. Milton , P. L., iv. 859. 2. To bite into small pieces; craunch; chew; munch: sometimes followed by up. After dinner came a fellow who eate live charcoal, glowingly ignited, quenching them in his mouth, and then champing and swallowing them down. Evelyn , Diary, Jan. 2, 1684. I... champed up the remaining part of the pipe. Steele , Spectator, No. 431. And champing golden grain, the horses stood Hard by their chariots. Tennyson, Iliad, viii. 560. 3. To pound; crush; mash: as, to champ potatoes. [Scotch.] II. in trans. To perform the action of biting repeatedly and impatiently: generally followed by on or upon . Champing as though his cud had troubled him. Sir P. Sidney. The noble animal,... arching his stately neck, champed on the silver bits which restrained him. Scott , Kenilworth, II. 117. IMG:content-0137.jpg:[blocks in formation]