Chocolate nut

( Bot. ) See THEOBROMA. Chocolo'chee, or Chocoloc'co Creek, in Ala boma, rises in Benton co., and empties into Coosa River about 10 m. N.W. of Talladega. Choc'onut, in Pennsylvania, a post-village and township of Susquehanna co., about 14 m. S.W. of Bingham ton. Choc'taw, in Alabama , a W. county bordering on the Mi i ippi; area, about 800 sq. m. The Tombigbee River bounds it on the E. The surface is irregular; and soil partly fertile. Cap . Butler. Choctaw, in Mi i ippi , a N. central county; area, 990 sq. m. It is traversed by the Big Black River. The soil is fertile, and the surface hilly, partly covered by forests. Cap . Chester. Pop . (1890) 10,847. Choctaw, in Mi i ippi , a post-office of Bolivar co. Choctaw, in Arkansas , a post-office of Van Buren co. Choctaw, in Texas , a village of Grayson county. Population, about 100 in 1897. Choctaw Bayou, in Texas, Grayson co., enters the Red River in the N.E. part of the co. Choctaw Bluff, in Alabama , a P. O. of Clark co. Choctaw Indians, a N. American tribe, formerly peopling the central part of Mi i ippi near the Yazoo River, and the W. portion of Alabama. They are now settled on their reservation in the Indian Territory on the banks of the Arkansas River. The Choctaws live there in a comparatively civilized state, devoting themselves to farm-tillage and mechanical pursuits. They are closely allied with the Chick a saws, (q. v.,) and have a general council in common. Choctaw hat'chee River, rises in Barbour co., Alabama, and flows S. to the boundary, thence S. through Florida, and falls into Choctawhatchee Bay. Chode, the old preterite of CHIDE, q. v. Chœrilus, (keer'i-lus,) a tragic poet of Athens, who wrote 150 tragedies, of which 13 obtained the prize. An historian of Samos. The name of two other poets, one of whom was very intimate with Hero dot us, and wrote a poem on the victory which the A then i ans had obtained over Xerxes. On account of the excellence of the composition, he received a piece of gold for each verse from the A then i ans, and was publicly ranked with Homer as a poet. - The other was one of Alexander's flatterers. It is said that that prince promised him as many pieces of gold as there should be good verses in his poetry, and as many slaps on the forehead as there were bad. On examination, six of his verses were found entitled to the coins, while the rest were rewarded with castigation. Choice, (cho is,) n. [From CHOOSE, q. v.] Act of choosing; selection; voluntary action of the mind in making a preference of one thing to another; election. "There's small choice in rotten apples." -Shaks. -Power of choosing; option; preference; as, to to for choice. "The soldier's virtue makes rather choice of lo ." - Shaks. -Care in choosing or selecting; skill in making nice distinction; apt discrimination. "They were collected with judgment and choice." - Bacon. -The thing chosen or selected; the thing taken or approved in preference to others; object of choice. "Your choice is not so rich in birth as beauty." - Shaks. -The best or most preferable part of anything; that which is more properly the object of choice. "The choice and master-spirits of this age." - Shaks. 1598. He was a distinguished soldier and diplomatist; instructed Louis XIV. in the art of war, and aided Cardinal Richelieu in his diplomatic succe es. D. 1675. C., ETIENNE FRANÇOIS, DUC DE, a French statesman, B. 1719. As Count de Stainville , he, in 1753, was appointed French amba ador at Rome, and afterwards at Vienna. In 1758 he succeeded Cardinal de Bernis as Minister of Foreign Affairs, subsequently received the portfolios of war and marine, was created duke and peer of France, obtained high favor with Madame de Pompadour, and, consequently, that of Louis XV. In 1761, C. concluded the famous Family Compact," or league of the Bourbon monarchs of France, Spain, Parma, and Naples, and, in 1764, effected the expulsion of the Jesuits from France. His control of the war and marine depts. was characterized by great vigor and economy; and he developed and fostered the rising commerce of his country with India. C's influence was felt and acknowledged at every court of continental Europe. On the advent of Madame du Barry, ( q . v .,) he lost the favor of the king, and retired into private life. D. 1785. C., GOUFFIER, MARIE GABRIEL FLORENT, (COMTE DE,) B. 1752. He was French amba ador at Constantinople (1792), and the accomplished author of Voyage Pit to res que en Gréce. Proscribed during the revolution, he resided in Ru ia until the Restoration, when he returned to France, and was made a minister of state. D. 1817. Choiseul', an island in the S. Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Solomon group, Lat. 7o 29" S., Lon. 157° 55′ E. Choke, v . a. [A. S. aceocan ; Icel. quoka , to swallow, from quok , the throat; W. cegiaw , to choke, from ceg , the throat.] To throttle; to suffocate; to strangle by compre ing the throat and so stopping the breath. "When to my good lord I prove untrue, I'll choke myself."-Shaks. To obstruct, hinder, or check; to clog; to block up; as, to choke a sewer. "And crowds of mourners choke their sov'reign's way."-Tickell. -To smother; to stifle; to extinguish; to overpower. "But oats and darnel choke the rising corn." -To take exception to; to cause umbrage or offence. v.i. To be suffocated; to have the windpipe stopped. -To be obstructed or blocked up. To be brought to a check, as if by a choking sensation. "The words choked in his throat." Sir W. Scott. -To take offence; to feel umbrage. Choke, n. A cant phrase for the internal part of an artichoke.