chat

n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [ Local. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting. ] [ From Chatter. √22. ] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chateux [ F. château a castle. See Castle. ] 1. A castle or a fortress in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖Chateau en Espagne ety>[ F. ], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.
Syn. -- battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Marne River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. châtelaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain. ] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. châtelet, dim. of château. See Castle. ] A little castle. [ 1913 Webster ]