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n. [ F. caoutchouc, from the South American name. ] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caoutchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Choux /plu>. [ F., fr. L. caulis stalk. ] 1. A cabbage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceó; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chāha; perh. akin to E. caw. √22. Cf. Caddow. ] (Zool.) A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name ] (Zool.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name ] (Zool.) The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Jowl. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Choltry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Choused p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing. ] [ From Turk. chāūsh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of £4, 000. ] To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A swindler. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Mahratta chauth one fourth part. ] An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [ India ] J. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Distich, n. ] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a distichous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Leiotrichi. ] (Anthropol.) Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Monostich. ] (Bot.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small East Indian shrubby mint (Pogostemon cablin); a fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes.
Syn. -- patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin. ] 1. (Bot.) A small shrubby mintlike plant (Pogostemon cablin syn. Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.
Syn. -- pachouli, Pogostemon cablin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stomachosus angry, peexish. See Stomach. ] Stout; sullen; obstinate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With stern looks and stomachous disdain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; wheel, hoop. ] (Zool.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Treacher. ] A traitor. [ Obs. ] “Treachour full of false despite.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in three rows; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; a row. ] (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical rows. [ 1913 Webster ]