Chal"dron (?), n. [OF. chaldron, F. chaudron kettle. The same word as caldron.] An English
dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than
twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exlusively for coal and coke.&hand; In the United States
the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs. De Colange.

chancery
n.,
pl. 3cer[ies 5ME chancerie, var. of chancelerie: see CHANCELLERY6
1 a division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor of England
2 a court of equity
3 the laws, practice, and proceedings of a court of equity; equity
4 a court of record; office of public archives
5 CHANCELLERY (sense 2)
6 [Brit.] the political department, or its offices, of an embassy or legation
7 R.C.Ch. the diocesan office that has custody of certain documents, performs secretarial services for the bishop, etc.
in chancery

Chantilly
town in N France, near Paris: noted for a kind of lace (Chantilly lace) first made there: pop. 11,000

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charnel
n.
5OFr < LL carnale, graveyard; neut. of LL(Ec) carnalis, CARNAL6
1 [Obs.] a cemetery
2 a building or place where corpses or bones are deposited: in full charnel house
adj.
of, like, or fit for a charnel

Charybdis One of the hazards Odysseus had to sail past. The other was Scylla.
5L < Gr6 old name of a whirlpool off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Strait of Messina (now called Galofalo): see SCYLLA

Scylla
5L < Gr Skylla6 a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, opposite the whirlpool Charybdis: in classical mythology both Scylla and Charybdis were personified as female monsters
between Scylla and Charybdis between two perils or evils, neither of which can be evaded without risking the other

chasseur
n.
5Fr < chasser: see CATCH6
1 a hunter; huntsman
2 a soldier, esp. one of certain French light infantry troops, trained for rapid action
3 a uniformed attendant

punishment, from chasten, which is from L. castigare
hasten
vt.
5ME chastien < OFr chastier < L castigare, to punish, chastise: see CASTIGATE6
1 to punish in order to correct or make better; chastise
2 to restrain from excess; subdue
3 to make purer in style; refine
—SYN PUNISH
chas4ten[er
n.

chef pronounced out of ignorance "shef" but in combinations, the "f" is not pronounced
n.
5Fr < chef de cuisine, lit., head of the kitchen: see CHIEF6
1 a cook in charge of a kitchen, as of a restaurant; head cook
2 any cook

chef-d‘oeuvre pronounced "shay dervr "
n.,
pl. chefs-d‘oeu[vre 7*e d<4vr‘8 5Fr, principal work6 a masterpiece, as in art or literature