n. [ F. chaude mêlée; chaud hot + mêler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle. ] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See Chafe. ] (Chem.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., lit., stoker. ]
‖n. [ F., fem. of chauffeur. ] A woman chauffeur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To open; to yawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
O, chaun thy breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A gap. [ Obs. ] Colgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. See Chant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]