Chebacco

[From Chebacco, Ma ., U. S.] (Naut.) A kind of sailing-craft, employed in the Newfoundland fisheries; - called also pink stern. Che'banse, or She'bance, in Illinois , a vill. and twp. of Iroquois co., 64 m. S. by W. of Chicago. Cheboy'gan, in Michigan . See SHE BOYG AN RIVER. -A county, forming the lower part of the peninsula bordering on the Straits of Mackinaw and Lake Huron; area, about 800 sq. m. It has several lakes, and is drained by Black and She boyg an rivers. Cap . Cheboygan. Pop . (1895) 13,896. -A thriving city, cap. of above co., on Lake Huron, 35 m. N. E. of Petoskey. In a lumbering and farming district. Pop . (1897) abt. 7,300. Check, v . a . [Fr. échec , from Pers. shah , a king. A term applied in the game of che , when the king is attacked or forced to retire and cover himself.] To stop; to restrain; to hinder or repre ; to curb; to control; to moderate. as, a chaw of tobacco. (Vulgar.) French Jesuit, B. 1611. Becoming a mi ionary to the Chayan'ta, a town of S. America, in Bolivia, dep. Po- N. American Indians, he resided among the Hurons and other tribes, and did much to civilize them. D. at Quebec, 1693. C. wrote an excellent grammar of the Huron lan- guage (published at Quebec, 1835), and other works. Chaumont, (sho- mõng ',) a town of France, dep. Haute- Marne, 18 m. N.N.W. of Langres. Manf . Woollens, hosiery, gloves, iron, and cutlery. Pop . 7,854. Water town. tosi, 55 m. N. of Potosi. Chayenpoor', a town and dist. of Nepaul, in N. Hindostan. The town is 130 m E. by S. of Khatmandoo The dist. is altogether mountainous, and has an extensive trade with Thibet. Chay'-fang, in China. See TCHE-FANG. Chay'-root, Cho'ya, or Say'an, n. ( Bot .) See