chacid (kasid)

A fish of the family Chacida. Chacidæ (kā'si-dē), n. pl. [NL., Chacina (ka-si nä), n. pl. [NL., Chacini (kā-si'ni), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-0101.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0102.jpg:[graphic] den stroke.-3. To take hold of suddenly.-4. In the manège, to jerk or to (the head), as a horse, in order to slacken the strain of the bridle. chack (chak), n. [Origin obscure.) A slight repast; luncheon; a snack: as, "a chack of dinner," Galt. Also check, chatt. [Scotch.] - Fam ily chack, a family dinner; a dinner or luncheon en fa mille, or without special preparation or formality. He seasoned this dismi ion by a kind and hospitable invitatio pretesome back and take parte his family -chack, ane preceesely." Scott , Rob Roy, xxiv. chack3, chacker, chack-bird (chak, chak'ėr, chak'bėrd), n. [Sc. chack, also check, and comp. stane-chacker, -checker, the wheatear, also the stonechat; var. of chat2.] Local British names of the wheatear, Saxicola ænanthe. Montagu. chack4 (chak), n. andv. A Scotch form of check. chackle (chak'l), v. i.; pret. and pp. chackled, ppr. chackling. [Var. of chatter; cf. chack1, chat1.] To chatter. [Prov. Eng.] chack stone (chak's ton), n. A jackstone. [Eng.] chacma (chak'mä), n. The Hottentot name of a South African baboon, Cynocephalus porcarius. chaco (chak'ō), n. [S. Amer.) The native name of an unctuous earth found at La Paz, Bolivia, which is made into pats and eaten with choco late. chaconne, chacone (sha-kon', -kōn'), n. [F. chaconne = It. ciaconna, dance, in slow tempo, usually in triple rhythm, and properly consisting of a series of variations upon a ground-ba of eight bars' length. It closely resembles the pa acaglia.