*chian*

a. See Appalachian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; pref. archi- + annelida. ] (Zool.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Archilochius. ] Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Severely critical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n. One of the Batrachia. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. chius, fr. Chios the island Chios, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Ægean Sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chian earth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. --
Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574. ] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eustachian catheter, a tubular instrument to be introduced into the Eustachian tube so as to allow of inflation of the middle ear through the nose or mouth. --
Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. --
Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutyches [ 5th century ], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Inferobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Parochial, Parishioner. ] Parochial. [ Obs. ] “Parochian churches.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. parochianus. ] A parishioner. [ Obs. ] Ld. Burleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera (family Psychidæ). The larvæ are called basket worms. See Basket worm, under Basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Scutibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sub- + brachium. ] (Zool.) One of the Subbrachiales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Tauromachy. ] Of or pertaining to bullfights. -- n. A bullfighter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Tubulibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]