Chorographer

[See CHOROGRAPHY.] One who practises the art of chorography. Chorographic, Chorograph'ical, a. Relating to, or consisting of, chorography. "I have added a chorographical description of this terrestrial paradise." - Raleigh. ner. Chorograph'ically, adv . In a chorographical man Chorography, ( kō -rog'ra-fe,) n. [Gr. choros , place, and grapho , to describe.] The description of a district, in contradistinction to geography (the description of the earth or of countries), and topography (the description of particular spots). Chow'an, in N. Carolina , a N.E. co., bordering on Albemarle Sound, and bounded W. by the Chowan River; area, about 240 sq. m. Its surface is nearly level. Its name is derived from the Chow an okes, a tribe of Indians who inhabited that country. Cap . Edenton. Pop . in 1890, 9,170. Chowbent', (sometimes called ATHERTON,) a thriving town of England, co. Lancaster, 10 m. W.N.W. of Manchester, and 6 R.S.E. of Wigan. Manf . Machinery and nails. Pop . 8,117. Cho'roid, a . [Gr. chorion, the chorion, and eidos, form.] ( Anat . ) A name given to several parts of the body, resembling the chorion in the multitude of their ve els. Choroid Membrane of the Eye. The second tunic of the eye lying under the sclerotic, with which it has a vascu- lar connection: it commences at the optic nerve, and pa es forward with the sclerotic to the beginning of the transparent cornea, where it firmly adheres to the scle- rotic by a cellular membrane, forming a white fringe called the cilliary circle; it then recedes from the scle--n. A kind of mixed pickles, originally brought from rotic and cornea, forming a round colored disc called the iris , and its posterior surface is termed uvea . It is very vascular, and its external stellated ve els are called vasa verticosa. Its internal surface is covered by a black pigment.