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n. An agate. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. achat purchase. See Cates. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Purchase; bargaining. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Provisions. Same as Cates. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; agate. ] (Zool.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cater. ] Purveyor; acater. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Shortened forms of Alcoholate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, oil, fat. ] (Org. Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an open-chain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series. Compare alicyclic and aromatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 a Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
Syn. -- Arhant, lohan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n., or . [ Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies. ] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + sulphate. ] (Chem.) A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. califat. ] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting. ] [ From Chatter. √22. ] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To talk of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [ Local. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chateux [ F. château a castle. See Castle. ] 1. A castle or a fortress in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖Chateau en Espagne ety>[ F. ], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.
Syn. -- battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Marne River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. châtelaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain. ] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. châtelet, dim. of château. See Castle. ] A little castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. châtellenie. ] Same as Castellany. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Cf. F. chat cat. ] (Zool.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be chatoyant, fr. chat cat. ] (Min.) Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chatoiement. See Chatoyant. ] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chatel; another form of catel. See Cattle. ] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chattel mortgage (Law), a mortgage on personal property, as distinguished from one on real property. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chattered p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering. ] [ Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i. Chitter. ] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a noise by rapid collisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or habit of chattering. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prater; an idle talker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (a) (Mach.) One of the fine undulations or ripples which are formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters. (b) (Geol.) A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Tamil shāti. ] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chat a little stick + wood. ] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Chat, by way of reduplication. ] Familiar or trifling talk; prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shade by means of crosshatching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cusceote. ] (Zool.) The ringdove or wood pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. debacchatus, p. p. of debacchari to rage; de- + bacchari to rage like a bacchant. ] To rave as a bacchanal. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. debacchatio. ] Wild raving or debauchery. [ R. ] Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dendrachates; Gr. de`ndron a tree + &unr_; agate: cf. F. dendrachate, dendragate. ] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + sulphate. ] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis. ] 1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in an emphatic manner; emphatic denials; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. “Emphatical colors.” Boyle. “Emphatical evils.” Bp. Reynolds.

3. Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents; as, the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty.
Syn. -- forceful. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

4. Sudden and strong; -- of statements; as, an emphatic no.
Syn. -- exclamatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Syn. -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preëminently; as, he emphatically denied the allegations. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not really, but apparently. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being emphatic; emphasis. [ 1913 Webster ]