‖ [ F., lit., on horseback. ] Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road. [ 1913 Webster ]
A position à cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes. Swinton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adj. of or pertaining to Bolsheviks or bolshevism.
n. [ Russian bol'shevik fr. bol'she more + -vik, a person, i.e. one who is a member of the majority (in the revolutionary Russian parliament). ]
n. [ see Bolshevik. ] a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin.
n. See Chivachie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Chiefage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
Cheval glass,
‖n.; commonly used in the
Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller. ]
‖Chevalier d'industrie ety>[ F. ],
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.),
The Young Chevalier,
‖n. pl. See Cheval. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OF. chevir. See Chievance. ] To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed;
‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. chevanne. Cf. Chavender. ] (Zool.) A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A variant of Chieftain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. chevrel, F. chevreau, kid, dim. of chevre goat, fr. L. capra. See Caper, v. i. ] Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made of cheveril; pliant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [ Obs. ] Br. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See Chief. ] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. chévre goat, fr. L. capra. Cf. Chevron. ] (Mil.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., rafter, chevron, from chévre goat, OF. chevre, fr. L. capra she-goat. See Cheveril. ]
Chevron bones (Anat.),
p. a. Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ A garment ] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Her.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. (Her.) In the manner of a chevron;
n. [ F. chevrotin, OF. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. See Chevron. ] (Zool.) A small ruminant of the family
v. to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to; to chevy; -- same as chivy.
v. t. See Chivy, v. t. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖n. [ F. chiche lean + vache cow. ] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Disheveled. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. & a. Disheveled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, F. échevin. ] The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A small genus of South American trees yielding latex. It includes the
n. The head. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also