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a. [ Gr. ba`trachos frog + fagei^n to eat. ] Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; sound. ] A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chopped p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping. ] [ Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack. ] 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To interrupt; -- with in or out. [ 1913 Webster ]

This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy. ] 1. To barter or truck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

We go on chopping and changing our friends. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To purchase by way of truck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A change; a vicissitude. Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of chopping; a stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A crack or cleft. See Chap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chap. ] 1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. & Hind. chāp stamp, brand. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A permit or clearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. --
chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. --
Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow. --
Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. chop sort, quality. ] A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [ China ] S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chop to barter. ] (Old Eng. Law) An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chop quality. ] A customhouse where transit duties are levied. [ China ] S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freedom of a chophouse. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen. ] A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chopine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim. ] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [ Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bandies words or is very argumentative. [ Jocular ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of spade. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, chops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of cutting by strokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. --
Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Chubby. ] Stout or plump; large. [ Obs. ] Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Chop to barter. ] Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Chappy. ] 1. Full of cracks. “Choppy finger.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. Chop a change. ] Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Chop a jaw. ] 1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } [ Chin. (Cantonese) shap sui odds and ends, fr. shap for sap to enter the mouth + sui small bits pounded fine. ] A mélange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. chopstick /sing> 1. a pair of slender sticks made of wood, ivory, plastic, etc., used chiefly by the Chinese and Japanese to lift food into the mouth while dining; -- also commonly used around the world by persons of Oriental heritage or in restaurants serving oriental food. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Echo + -pathy, as in homeopathy. ] (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a claw + &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Malacopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.
Syn. -- velvet worm, peripatus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Psycho- + Gr. &unr_; to spend all night long; pa^s, pa^n, all + &unr_; night. ] (Theol.) The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body. -- Psy`cho*pan"ny*chism n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Psycho- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Med.) Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2. -- Psy`cho*path"ic, a. -- Psy*chop"a*thist, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Psychophysical time (Physiol.), the time required for the mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor impulse. It is an important part of physiological or reaction time. See under Reaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + physics. ] The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; psychh` the soul + &unr_; to send: cf. F. psychopompe. ] (Myth.) A leader or guide of souls . J. Fiske. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + fe`rein to carry.] (Zool.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) One of the Rhynchophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Bot.) The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Trich`o*phor"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) One of the Trichoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, a hair + &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of the Trichoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]