chibolt, chibbolt

Obsolete forms of cibol. chibouk, chibouque, chibuk (chi-bök'), n. [ Pers. chibuq, a pipe.] A Turkish pipe having a stiff stem 4 or 5 feet long, usually wound with silk or other thread, which is sometimes wet to cool the smoke by evapora tion. The mouthpiece is usually of amber, but sometimes of gla ; the bowl usually of baked clay, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, like the flower of the morning-glory. It is customary in smoking to rest the bowl upon a small tray of wood or bra . The long chibouques di olving cloud supply, While dance the Almas to wild minstrelsy. Byron, Corsair, ii. 2. Once a Wahhabi stood in front of us, and by pointing with his finger and other insulting gestures, showed his hatred to the chibouque , in which I was peaceably indulging. R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 349. chic (shek), a. and n. [F., a slang word, usually explained from G. geschick, aptne , skill, addre , geschickt, apt, clever, of [ Manors got by rapine and chicanery. Lamb , Popular Fallacies, ii. Men who, by legal chicanery, cheat others out of their property. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 249. =Syn. Quibbling, stratagem, duplicity. chicaric (chik'a-rik), n. [Imitative.] A name of the bird Streps i las interpres, or turnstone. The names Chicaric and Chickling have reference to their rasping notes. Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 164.