chico (che ko)

[S. Amer.] 1. An or angered coloring matter obtained by the Indians from the leaves of the Bignonia Chica, which grows on the banks of the Meta and the Orinoco, and is employed by them, like arnotto, to dye their bodies. It is also used in the United States to produce red and orange shades on cotton and wool, the proce followed being similar to that for arnotto. Calvert, Dyeing and Calico-Printing, p. 291. 2. A fermented liquor or beer derived from Indian corn, mashed in hot water, used by the natives of Chili. IMG:content-0267.png:[blocks in formation] M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum. Clipped in with the sea That chides the banks of England. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. =Syn. To blame, censure, reproach, upbraid, reprimand. II. in trans. 1. To scold; find fault; contend in words of anger; wrangle; grumble; clamor. I lyken the to a so we, for thou arte ever chyding at mete. Palsgrave, p. 611. And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban. Gen. xxx i. 36. Incredible number of partridges, like to those of Scio, here run on the rocks, and flie chiding, about the vineyards. Sandys, Travailes, p. 22. 2. Figuratively, to make a clamorous or murmuring noise. Yet my duty, As doth a rock against the chiding flood, Should the approach of this wild river break, And stand unshaken yours. Shak . , Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 3. To bay, as hounds in full cry. chide (chid), n. [Cf. ME. chide, Nor bleating mountains, nor the chide of streams, And hum of bees. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1267. chider (chi'der), n. [ chidere , chyder ; Wher sche be wys, or sobre, or dronkelewe,. A chyder [var, chidester, Tyrwhitt], or a was tour of thy good. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 291. Whether any be brawlers, slanderers, chiders, scolders, and sowers of discord between one and another. Abp. Cranmer, Articles of Visitation. chidere t, n. [ ME.chider e e; An angry wight, a chider e e. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 150. chidester