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{ ‖ } n. [ NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. ma`gos, a Magian. ] 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archimandrita, LGr. 'archimandri`ths; pref. 'archi (E. arch-) + ma`ndra an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery. ] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Archimedeus. ] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archimedean screw, or
Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>pr. n.. [ Gr. 'Archimh`dhs. ] Born at Syracuse about 287 b. c.: died at Syracuse, 212 b. c. The most celebrated geometrician of antiquity. He is said to have been a relative of King Hiero of Syracuse, to have traveled early in life in Egypt, and to have been the pupil of Conon the Samian at Alexandria. His most important services were rendered to pure geometry, but his popular fame rests chiefly on his application of mathematical theory to mechanics. He invented the water-screw, and discovered the principle of the lever. Concerning the latter the famous saying is attributed to him, "Give me where I may stand and I will move the world " (do`s pou^ stw^ kai` to`n ko`smos kinh`sw). By means of military engines which he invented he postponed the fall of Syracuse when besieged by Marcellus 214-212 b. c., whose fleet he is incorrectly said to have destroyed by mirrors reflecting the sun's rays. He detected the admixture of silver, and determined the proportions of the two metals, in a crown ordered by Hiero to be made of pure gold. The method of detecting the alloy, without destroying the crown, occurred to him as he stepped in the bath and observed the overflow caused by the displacement of the water. He ran home through the street naked crying heureka, "I have found it." He was killed at the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus. Century Dict. 1906 [ PJC ]

n. [ 1st blanch + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Chimera. ] (Zool.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Chimaeriformes of the class Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point. [ 1913 Webster ]

Note: more information and an image is available at: Fishbase - chimaera. [ PJC ]

a. [ Chimæra + old. ] (Zool.) Related to, or like, the chimæra. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Native name ] (Zool.) A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cim, in cimstān base of a pillar; akin to D. kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f. ] The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [ Written also chime. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Chime. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chimb. ] See Chine, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ky`mbalon. See Cymbal. ] 1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. “Chimes of verse.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chimed p. pr. & vb. n. Chiming. ] [ See Chime, n. ] 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything chimed in with such a humor. W. irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chime his childish verse. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chimeras [ L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. &unr_; a she-goat, a chimera, fr. &unr_; he-goat; cf. Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe. ] 1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. “Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chamarre., F. simarre (cf. It. zimarra), fr. Sp. chamarra, zamarra, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Ar. sammūr the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Cf. Simarre. ] The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chimerical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wildy; vainly; fancifully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cheminage, fr. chemin way, road. ] (Old Law) A toll for passage through a forest. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chimneys [ F. cheminée, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. &unr_; furnace, oven. ] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. --
Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. --
Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. --
Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, --
Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. --
Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. --
Chimney swallow. (Zool.) (a) An American swift (Chæture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). --
Chimney sweep,
Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace; also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; mantlepiece. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the part of the chimney that is above the roof; it usually has several flues. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who cleans soot from chimneys, usually as a profession.
Syn. -- chimneysweeper, sweep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet.
Syn. -- genus Chimonanthus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as chimpanzee.
Syn. -- chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From the native name: cf. F. chimpanzé, chimpansé, chimpanzée. ] (Zool.) An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently recognized as a separate species. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.

{ } a. The same as Isocheimal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The same as Isocheim. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Occamy. [ 1913 Webster ]