CPage 244
- English Word Chief Definition Highest in office or rank; principal; head.
- English Word Chief Definition Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.
- English Word Chief Definition Very intimate, near, or close.
- English Word Chief baron Definition The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.
- English Word Chief hare Definition A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
- English Word Chief justice Definition The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
- English Word Chief-justiceship Definition The office of chief justice.
- English Word Chiefage Definition A tribute by the head; a capitation tax.
- English Word Chiefest Definition First or foremost; chief; principal.
- English Word Chiefless Definition Without a chief or leader.
- English Word Chiefly Definition In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
- English Word Chiefly Definition For the most part; mostly.
- English Word Chiefrie Definition A small rent paid to the lord paramount.
- English Word Chieftain Definition A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
- English Word Chieftaincy Definition Alt. of Chieftainship
- English Word Chieftainship Definition The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
- English Word Chierte Definition Love; tender regard.
- English Word Chievance Definition An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.
- English Word Chieve Definition See Cheve, v. i.
- English Word Chiff-chaff Definition A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.