chrysotoluidine (krisotoluidin)

[ toluidine. It is formed, together with other bases, [ by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline and fuchsine. chrysure (kris'ur), n. cific name of Trochilus chrysurus, a hummingbird with a golden tail, The divine beings who in the historic ages of Greece were the heads and representatives of chthonian worship were Demeter and Perse phone. Keary, Prim. Belief, p. 217. To Hecate dogs were offered, also honey and black she- lambs, as black victims were offered to other Chthonian deities. Encyc. Brit ., XI. 609. 2. Springing from the earth. chthonic (thon'ik), a. [ χθών , the ground, earth (see chthonian ), + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the under world. about 20 wavy blackish streaks extending to just below the lateral line. chub-sucker (chub's uk"ėr), n. A catostomine fish, Erimyzon sucetta , with the air-bladder di- vided into two parts and no lateral line. It attains a maximum length of about 10 inches. In the breeding season the male develops conspicuous tubercles on on each Chub-sucker ( Erimyzon sucetta). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion.) side of the snout; it is otherwise subject to considerable variation, according to size, sex, and locality. It occurs in still fresh waters from Canada to Florida and Texas, and westward to the Rocky Mountains, and is everywhere chuck1 (chuk), v. [ chukken ; imitative, like cluck = clock1 , q. v. Hence freq. chuckle1 , cackle , etc., and ult. cock1 ; cf. also chock1 and choke1.] I. in trans . 1. To make a low guttural sound, as hens and cocks and some other birds in calling their mates or young; cluck. chub (chub), п. [A ibilated form of cub , a lump, heap, ma , and of cob in similar senses (see cub2 , cob2 ), cub be in dim. cubbel , block to which an animal is tethered (cf. E. dial. kibble , a stick, Sc. kibbling , a cudgel), kubbr , kumbr , a block, stump (Haldorsen), also in comp. trē - kubbr , -kumbr , a log ( trē = E. tree ), = Norw. kubb , kubbe , a block, stump, log, = 2t. To laugh with quiet satisfaction; chuckle. Sw. kubb , a block, log; perhaps connected with the verb, Icel. Norw. Sw. dial. kubba (> ME. cob- ben : see cobl, v .), hew, chop, lop. Cf. chuтр , chunk , club , clump , knob , knub , nub , stub , stump , words a ociated in form and sense, though of different origin. With chub as applied to a per- son or an animal, cf. cob2 as similarly applied.] 1. One who is short and plump; a chubby person. Who would not chuck to see such pleasing sport? Marston , Satires, i. I have got A seat to sit at ease here, in mine inn, To see the comedy; and laugh, and chuck At the variety and throng of humours. B. Jonson, New Inn, i. 1. II. trans . To call with chucking or clucking, Then crowing, clapp'd his wings, th' appointed call, To chuck his wives together. Dryden , Cock and Fox. chuck1 (chuk), n. [ chuck1 , v.] A low gut- tural sound, like the call of a hen to her young. He made the chuck four or five times, that people use to make to chickens when they call them. Sir W. Temple . chuck1 (chuk), interj . [See chuck1 , v. and n.] An utterance, generally repeated, used by a person to call chickens, pigs, or other animals, as when they are to be fed. chuck2 (chuk), n. [A var. of chick1 , prob. through influence of chuck1 .] 1. A hen. [Prov. on our farm durst ever get into a sad- dle, because they all knew the master would chuck them out. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, p. 37. Is but a ball chuck'd between France and Spain, His in whose hand she drops. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iii. 1. chuck3 (chuk), n. [ chuck3 , v.] 1. A gentle or playful blow or tap, as under the chin. He gave the sleeping Neddy a chuck under the chin, Jon Bee , E ay on Samuel Foote, p. xxx i, 2. A to , as with the fingers; a short throw. [Colloq.] Then came a chubby child and sought relief, Sobbing in all the impotence of grief. chuck4 (chuk), n. [Of uncertain and prob. va- rio us origin; in the sense of 'block, cf. chunk1 (and chub , chump , etc.), also cock3 , a heap; in the sense of 'sea-shell, cf. chack1 and cockle2 , In the mechanical uses also chock , and a oci- ated with chuck3 , cho chock3 , to throw, and prob. also with chock1, choke1 : see chuck3 , chock3 , chock2 , chock1 .] 1. A block; "a great chip," Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]-2. A sea-shell. [North. Eng.]— 3. A pebble or small stone.-4. pl . In Scot- chubdar (chub'där), n. Same as chobdar. chub-faced (chub'fast), a. Having a plump land, a common game among children, in which IMG:content-0384.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0385.png:[blocks in formation] pable of communicating only the motion round a determinate axis which it receives itself. A com- bin at i on chuck is one by means of which the axis of the work can be changed at pleasure; such are ec- centric chucks, oval chucks, seg ment, engine, geometric chucks, etc.-Arbor-chuck, a chuck in the form of a mandrel or axis, on which a ring, wheel, collar, or similar work is se- cured to be turned. - Bicyclic chuck, a contrivance by which two rigidly connected points are forced to move on the circumferences of two fixed circles. Eccentric chuck, a lathe-chuck with an attachment for throwing its center out of line with the center of the lathe, and thus caus- ing the figure cut by the lathe to a ume various degrees of eccentricity. See rose-engine. - Expanding chuck, a chuck with adjustable jaws to admit of its grasping ob- jects of different sizes. - Oval chuck, a chuck designed for oval or elliptic turning. It consists of three parts: the chuck proper, a slider, and an eccentric circle. It is attached to the puppet of the lathe, and imparts a sliding motion to the work. Also called elliptic chuck . - Reverse- jaw chuck, a chuck the jaw of which can be reversed, so as to allow it to hold by either the interior or the exterior of the work. - Screw-cutting chuck, a lathe-chuck used in cutting screw-threads on rods or screw-blanks. chuck (chuk), v. t. [ chuck4 , n.] To fix in a lathe by means of a chuck. Each cylinder cover may be chucked in an ordinary lathe. Campin , Mech. Engineering, p. 63. chuck-a-by (chuk'a-bi), n. [Cf. chuck2 and lullaby .] A term of endearment. chucker (chuk'èr), n. A frozen oyster. [New Jersey, U. S.] chuck-farthing (chuk'fär Thing), n. [ chuck3 obj. farthing .] play which a farthing is pitched or chucked into a hole. He lost his money at chuck - farthing , shuffle-cap, and all-fours. Arbuthnot , John Bull. Chuck-farthing [was] played by the boys at the com- men cement of the last century; it probably bore some analogy to pitch and hustle. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 493. chuck-full, a. See choke - full . chuckiel (chuk'i), n. [Sc., dim. of chuck2 .] 1. A hen or chicken. 2. A term of endear- ment. chucklel (chuk'l), v.; pret. and pp. chuckled , ppr.chuckling . [Freq. of chuck1 , v .] I. in trans. 1. To make a clucking sound, as a hen. It clutter'd here, it chuckled there, It stirred the old wife's mettle. IMG:content-0386.png:[graphic] The fellow rubbed his great hands and chuckled . Bulwer , Pelham, xxiii. As down amid the flowery gra He set her. five pebbles (or sometimes small shells) are thrown up and caught on the back of the hand, or one is thrown up, and before it is caught as it falls the others are picked up, or placed in 2. To utter as a chuckle. [Rare.] ones, twos, threes, or fours. Sometimes called chuckies . See jackstone .-5. In turnery , a block or other appendage to a lathe to fix the work IMG:content-0387.jpg:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0389.png:[blocks in formation] 993 II. a. Surly; churlish; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.]