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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Champed p. pr. & vb. n. Champing. ] [ Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. kämsa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf. Camp. ] 1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Champaign. ] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flat; open; level. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. champaigne; same word as campagne. ] A flat, open country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. champ, L. campus field. ] (Arch.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who champs, or bites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See Champerty. ] (Law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share. ] 1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness,
Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature. From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See Camp. ] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). [ 1913 Webster ]

Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. champion, fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio, fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L. campus field, taken in the sense of “field of battle.” ] 1. One who engages in any contest; especially one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero. [ 1913 Webster ]

A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Champions of law and liberty. Fisher Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Champion is used attributively in the sense of surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion pugilist; champion chess player.

Syn. -- Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender; protector. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Championed p. pr. & vb. n. Championing. ] [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female champion. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being champion; leadership; supremacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending the melting of the glaciers, while the later deposits are of finer material in more quiet waters, as the alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar. ] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Contr. fr. hanaper. ] A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hampered p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering. ] To put in a hamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble. ] To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. “Hampered nerves.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lion hampered in a net. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

They hamper and entangle our souls. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hamper to shackle. ] 1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. main hand (see Main a hand at dice) + E. hamper. ] A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to avoid the drug laws, but now a controlled substance. Called also MDMA.
Syn. -- MDMA, Adam, ecstasy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`mfos a beak + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; snout.] (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Rhamphothecae [ NL., fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + &unr_;&unr_; a case.] (Zool.) The horny covering of the bill of birds. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &unr_; beak. ] (Zool.) A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shampooed p. pr. & vb. n. Shampooing. ] [ Hind. chāmpnā to press, to squeeze. ] [ Writing also champoo. ] 1. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of shampooing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shampoos. [ 1913 Webster ]