CPage 188
- English Word Chaffy Definition Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.
- English Word Chaffy Definition Light or worthless as chaff.
- English Word Chaffy Definition Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.
- English Word Chaffy Definition Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
- English Word Chafing Definition of Chafe
- English Word Chafing Definition The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.
- English Word Chagreen Definition See Shagreen.
- English Word Chagrin Definition Vexation; mortification.
- English Word Chagrin Definition To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
- English Word Chagrin Definition To be vexed or annoyed.
- English Word Chagrin Definition Chagrined.
- English Word Chagrined Definition of Chagrin
- English Word Chain Definition A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
- English Word Chain Definition That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
- English Word Chain Definition A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
- English Word Chain Definition An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
- English Word Chain Definition Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- English Word Chain Definition The warp threads of a web.
- English Word Chain Definition To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
- English Word Chain Definition To keep in slavery; to enslave.