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a. Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized:
French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze;
Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and
Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. -- Chip"pen*dal*ism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

It must be clearly and unmistakably understood, then, that, whenever painted (that is to say, decorated with painted enrichment) or inlaid furniture is described as Chippendale, no matter where or by whom, it is a million chances to one that the description is incorrect. R. D. Benn. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

v. i. [ Cf. Cheep, Chirp. ] To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lively; cheerful; talkative. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [ Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amaryllis of tropical America (Hippeastrum puniceum) often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.
Syn. -- Hippeastrum puniceum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. having hips; or, having hips of a specified type; -- used in combination; as, wide-hipped. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Architecture) peaked and having sloping ends rather than gables; -- of roofs; as, a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- hip-roofed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ From 5th Hip. ] Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reships. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scypen. Cf. Shop, Shepen. ] A stable; a cowhouse. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ship, n., and cf. Skipper. ] One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]