Chauliac, Gui

DE, ( shōl'yac,) a French surgeon who flourished in the 14th cent, and laid the foundations of Brazil, prov. Pará, on the N. side of the island or Mara- jo, in the delta of the Amazons. Lat. 0° 20′ S., Lon. 49° 40 W. Chavica, ( tshav'e -kā,) n. ( Bot .) A genus of plants, order Pipe race a. The dried unripe spikes of C. Roxburghii and C. of ficin arum constitute the long pepper of com- merce, which is imported from the E. Indies. Long pepper contains an acrid resin, a volatile oil, and a pe- culiar crystalline alkaloid called Piperine . It resembles black pepper (see PEPPER) in its effects, and is used for similar purposes. Dried slices of the root and stem are em- ployed medicinally in India under the name of Pippula Moola. The leaves of C. betel , betel-pepper, and C. siri- boa , are chewed by the Malays and other Eastern races with slices of the betel-nut and lime. See BETEL. Chaw, v . a. [A. S. ceowan; Du. kaauwen; Ger. kauen . See JAW.] To compre or crush with the jaws; to champ: to chew; to masticate, as food, . (Now used as a vulgar example of chew .) at the S.W. part of Fayette co., in Pennsylvania. It is navigable for 40 m. above Rowlesburg.