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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.
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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
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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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Australian Charbray - Adaptable Charbray cattle - combining the best of French Charolais and Brahman http://www.charbray.com/charbray.html search within this site
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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