n. [ F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape, Cap. ]
His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sent to excuse herself. Hannah More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physics) Any baryon that is not a nucleon; it is an unstable particle with a mass greater than that of a neutron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a hard sausage of beef and pork, highly seasoned. [ PJC ]
a. [ L. peronatus rough-booted, fr. pero, -onis, a kind of rough boot. ] (Bot.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; the fibula. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of destructive downy mildews.
prop. n. A natural family of parasitic fungi; the downy mildews.
prop. n. An order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi, including the
n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde. [ 1913 Webster ]