Chuff

ehuf, n. A coarse, dull, or surly fellow a clown. [Perh. fr. W. cuff, stock, stump.] — Chuff'y, a. Fat or swelled out, esp. in the cheeks surly rude clownish. — Chufflly, -T-lT, aalv. Chum, chum, A chamber-fellow, esp. in a college. — v. To occupy a chamber with another. [Perh. fr. AS. cum a, a guest; perh. contr. of F. camarade, a comrade, chamber-fellow, L. camera, chamber.] Chunk, chunk, A short, thick piece of anything. [Ic kumbr, a log, kubba, to chop; clwp, chvlj.] — Chunck'y, a. Short and thick. Church, chereh, A building for Christian worship; a body of Christian believers worshiping together, or having the same rites and ecclesiastical authority; the collective body of Christians; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.— [churched (chSrcht), churching.] To unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after childbirth. [AS. cyrice, circe, D. kerk, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, Scot, kirk, Gr. kuriakon, a church, kurios, the Lord, fr. kuros, might.] — Churchly, a. Pert, to, etc.; fond of church services attaching importance to ecclesiastical decrees, etc. — Church'y, a. Characteristic of, etc. fond of church forms. — Church'- man. tu; pi. -men. An ecclesiastic or clergyman; an Episcopalian, as disting. f other Protestants. — Church'manship, State of being, etc. — Church'- ward'en, -wawrd'n, An officer charged with the pecuniary interests of a church or parish. — Churcb'- yard, Ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried a cemetery. Churl, cherl, A rustic; a countryman or laborer! a rough, surly, ill-bred man; one illiberal or miserly; a niggard. [AS. ceorl, Ic, Dan., Sw., and G. karl, man, Scot, carle, karel, fellow.] — Churlish a. Like a churl; narrow-minded; surly. — Churlishly, adv. — Churl'iBhne , Churn, chern, A ve el in which cream shaken, to separate the butter from other parts. — v. [churned (churnd), churning.] To agitate, in order to make butter: to shake violently. — v. To agitate cream, etc. [Ic. kinia, a churn, D. and G. kernen, to churn, Ic. kjarna, kern, pith, marrow; corn, kernel.] — Cburn'ing, Quantity of butter_made at once. Chute, shoot, A rapid descent in a river; an opening in a dam for descent of logs, etc. a shoot, a funnel or slide for loading or unloading grain, coal, etc; flume; penstock. [F., L. cadere, to fall.] Chyle, kil, (Physiol.) A milky fluid, derived from chyme, and entering the circulation by the lacteal ve els. [F., Gr. chvlos. juice, cheem, to pour; s«.] — Chylifadion, n. Actor proce by which chyle formed. — Cbylifae'tive, -tiv, Chyllfica'tory, a. Forming into chyle. — Chylifica'tic — Formation of chyle by digestive proce es. Chyl'ous, -lus, a. Consisting, or partaking of chyle. Chyme, klm, (Physiol.) The pulp formed by food in the stomach, mixed with the gastric secretions. [Gr. chumo*, juice, clieein, to pour.] — Chymification, klm'T-f r-ka's hun, Proce of becoming chyme. — Chymlfy, v. To form into chyme. — Chymous, klm' us, a. Pert, to chyme. Qhymistry, etc. See Chemistry. Cicada, si-ka'da, pi. -d.e, -de. (Entom.) A hemipterous insect, the male of which makes a shrill, grating sound; the harvest fly, q. v. [L.] Cicatrice, sik'a-tris, A scar remaining after a wound healed. [F.] — Cicatrix, sT-kalrike, n. pi. Cicatrices, sik-a-tri's ez. Same as Cicatricb. [L.] —Cic'atrize, -triz, v. [-teized (-trizd), -trizing.] To heal and induce the formation of a cicatrice in. — r. To heal or be healed. — CiCatrfcza'- tion, Proce of, etc. Cicero, sis'e-ro, (Print.) The name, esp. among — French printers, for a type the size of small pica, used in an early edition of the works of Cicero. Cicerone, che-cha-ro r ne or sis'e-ro'ne, One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place. same as L. Cicero] — Ciceroni an, sis-e-ro'ni-an, a. Reeve, term In, ice 9dd, tone, dr 107 tumbling ism. Ciceroni an Ciciabeo, gallant Cider, ples. strong derkin, arter Ci^levant, Cigar, cigarro; ette', for Cilia, the Pert, pendages a. eyelashes. dowed Cilicious, [L. fr. Cima. Cimeter, ated also eter, Cimmerian, a intensely Cinchona, the eing uit's of Cincture, encompa es; and the cingere, Cinder, combustion thrown drian, Cinematograph, ing one jection an phein, Cinerary, [L. kana, of -ish'us. Cinnabar, or kinnabari, Cinnamon, of cimuxriwmwn, Cinque, [F. A hand. points Cion, plant. cut Cipher, standing placed creases person nation of icter safe v. phering.] metic. cult fr. Circean, chantre Circensial, Circle, CICISBEO 1)1 CIRCUMAMBIENT Cicero in style or action. — Cicero'nianline caHed circumference, every part of -izin, n. Imitation or resemblance of, etc.; a which equally distant from 'a point expre ion. within called the center the line bounid-f che'chis-ba'o or se-sis'be-o, n. The profe ed ing such a figure a circumference. (As of a married woman. [It.] tron.) An instrument of observation,in, x / si'der, n. A drink made from the juice of apwhose graduated limb consists of an entire C lrcle. [F. cidre, cider, fr. L. sicera, Heb. shekar, circle. A round body sphere orb comp a^ cirdrink, Heb. shahar, to be intoxicated.] — Cir cuit; a company a embled about a central point of n. A liquor made from the refuse of apples interest a coterie; a series ending where begins the juice pre ed out for cider. a form of argument in which unproved statements sed-vox', a. Former: previous. [F.] are used to prove each other a province or princist-gar',orig.n.a A kind roll of of tobacco tobacco,in for Cuba.]smoking.— Cigar-[Sp. volvepality. around;—r. [circled to encompa ,(-kid), inclose.circling.]— v. To Tore- -et', n. A little cigar; tobacco rolled in paper move circularly. [L. circulus, a circle, dim. of cir smoking. cus, a ring.] — Circle of perpetual apparition. At ail't-a, n. pi. The hair of the evelids; liairs on any given place, the boundary of that space around margin of any body. [L.] — Cil'iary. -a-rT, a. —the elevated pole, within which the stars never set. to the eyelashes, or to liairs or hair-like ap- C. of perpetual otxultation. Boundary of that in animals or vegetables. — CU'late. -ated. space around the depre ed pole, within which the (Bot.) Furnished with filaments resembling stars never rise. — Great A circle whose plane (Anat.) Covered with filaments enpa es through the center of the sphere, dividing with vibratory motion. into two equal parts. Le er One whose plane st-lish'us. a. Made, or consisting, of hair. does not pa through the center ol the sphere, dicilicium, a covering, orig. made of goat's hair, viding into unequal parts. — Hour A great Cilicia, in Asia Minor.] circle of the celestial sphere. — Dre The lowest si'ma, n. A kind of molding. See Cyma. gallery in a theater. — Family The gaLery above sim'e-ter, n. A short sword with a recurvthe dre circle. — Cir'clet, -klet, n. A little circle, point, used by Persians and Turks. [Written as of gold, etc. a round body; orb. — Cir'cular, scimetar, scgmetar, and scimiter.'] [F. ciiueterre, -ku-lar, a. Pert, to a circle; round: repeating itself scimit-arra, prob. corrup. of Pers. shamshir, cimillogical inconclusive adhering to a fixed circle of lion's claw, f sham, nail, and sher, Hon.] legends; cyclic mean addre to a number of persim-me'rl-an, a. Pert, to the Cimmerii, sons having a common interest.—?;. A circular letter, fabulous people said to have dwelt in dark caves: copies of which are sent to variou> persons. Circudark. lar nunibers. (Arith.) Those whose powers terminate sin-ko'na, n. (Bot.) A genus of trees of in the same digit* as the roots. —C. sailing. (Xaut.) Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, produ- The method of sailing by the arc of a great circle. bark a medicinal the barkbark,itself.known[Perh.as Peruvianthe Counte or Jesf—CiT'cularly,Circularity,adv.-lfir'T-tl. — Cir'eulate,n. State ofv.being,Toetc.move Cinchon, cured by the bark in 1638. in a circle to pa round to pa from place to sink'cher, n. A belt girdle that which place, hand to hand, etc. — v. To cause to pa , inclosure. (Arch.) A ring at the top etc. to diffuse di eminate. — Cir'culable, -la-bl, bottom of a column, separating the shaft from a. Capable of being, etc. — Circula'tion. n. Act of, basecinctum,and from to gird;the Skr.capital.kanchi,[L.girdle.]cinctura, fr. etc.:which currency;anything circulating circulates.coin, — Cir'culator,bills, etc extent-ter, n. —to sin'der, n, A small particle remaining after Cir'culatory, -rl, a. Circular; circulating. small coal, with ashes ember scale Circuit, ser'kit, n. Act of moving or revolving off in forging metal. [AS. sinder, fr. sun around a journeying from place place in the exto separate; not fr. F. cendre, L. cinis, ashes.! ercise of one's calling region pa ed over in such a sin'e-niat'o-graf. A machine for tak journey, esp. that over which jurisdiction, as of a succe ive photographs of moving objects; also, judge, etc., extends: that which enciicles anything, for producing, by the rapidly succe ive proas a crown distance around any «pnce space in of such pictures upon a screen, the effect of closed within a circle, or within certain limits.— r animated scene. [Gr. kinema, motion gra- To move or make to go round. [F., L. drcuire, to write.] -Hum, circum, around, and to go.] — Circuisin'er-a-rT, a. Pert, or containing ashes, to us, -ku'T-tus, a. Goin? round ia a circuit indnerarius, cinis, ashes, Gr. kon is, dust, Skr. direct. — Circu'itously. adv. a grain, powder.] — Cinera'tion, n. Reduction Circumambient. ser-knm-am''bT-ent, a. Surrounding: anything to ashes by combustion. — Cineri'tious, inclosing on all sides. [L. circum, around, about a. Having the color or consistence of ashes. (or is. ace. of circus, circle), and ambire, to go round.] sin'na-bar, n. Red sulphuret of mercury — Circumam 'bulate,-lat, To walk round about. quicksilver vermilion. [LateL. cinnaharis, Gr. [L. am bid are, to walk.] — Circumam bula''tian, n. Per. zinjarf] Act of, etc. — Circumbend'"ibuB, n. A eircuitous sin'na-nion, n. The inner bark of a tree, route. [Vulgar.] — Cir'cumcise, -siz, v. [-cised Ceylon, aromatic and of a pungent taste. [L. (-sizd), -CISIXG.] To cut off the foreskin of, in the Gr. kina mooi on, Heb. qinnamonT] case of males, or the internal labia, in females. sink, The number upon dice or cards. (Script.) To render holy. [L. circumcidere, fr. cinq, L. guingue, five.] — Cinque 'foil, n. (Bot.) csedere, to cut.] — Cir'cumciser. n. — Cir cum cis plant having leaves resembling the fingers of the ion, -sizh'un, n. Act of, etc. (Script.) Rejection (^IrcA.) An ornamental foliation having 5 of the sins of the flesh spiritual purification the or cusps. [Foil = F.feuille, folium, leaf.] Jews, as disting. uncircumcised races. — Circum-