Vocabulary : Chevrette to Chewer
Chevrette : A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
Chevron : One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center. ;; A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat. ;; A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.
Chevroned : Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.
Chevronel : A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
Chevronwise : In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise.
Chevrotain : A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
Chevy : See Chivy, v. t. ;; A cry used in hunting. ;; A hunt; chase; pursuit. ;; The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.
Chew : To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. ;; To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. ;; To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. ;; That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
Chewed : of Chew
Chewer : One who chews.
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