mit of. 
change 
You ennnot init the chait'l'- on nir so easy as yon think, 
for I have lived among the quick-stirring spirits of the 
age too lon^ to swallow chalt for ^rain. 
Xnill, Keliilvvortll, I. .-ili. 
To ring changes or the changes on, to repeat in every 
possible order or form. 
He could have ama/eit the listener, . . . nml have as- 
tounded him !> i-iii'iiu'i i'/i<ni<i'< iifi'in AlmiiKea, ra/inii, 
etc. Siiulhrii, The Doetor, Ixxxvi. 
U tin nrvcr onee would let the matter rest 
From that night forward, but finm i-liiiimrn still 
Ha this . . . and that. 
lli-iiii'iiin : i. King and I'.ook, II. ;,-. 
To ring the Changes, to o thronnh tin- \ai ions permu- 
tations in ringing a chime \ lirlN. Sec (i. al.o\e. ~ Syn. 
1 an. I 3. Varict). modill.-alion, deviation, tnuisfornuiti 
mutation, transit ion, vieissitnde, innovation, noveltv, trans- n \, arla ~ r /..hSn'i 
UHltation. rev tion. RVWM 
changeability (chan-ja-bil'i-ti), . [< ME. 
chaiingeablele, < OF. cliiini/eiilitcti, < changeiilili; 
changeable: see -bility.] Liability to change : 
changeableness. Aililismi. 
Changeable (chan'ja-bl), a. [< ME. changeablr. 
t'liititiit/riili/i , < F. elm injffihli', OF. i-inijiitilr (=Sp. 
ciiinbiablc = It. I'l/iii/iiti/ii/c), (. changer, change: 
wchaiigc. /-., and -n/ile.] 1. Liable to change ; 
subject to alteration or variation; fickle; incon- 
stant ; mutable ; variable : as, a person of a 
changeable mind. 
A thunnritlile and temporal effect. 
Raleigh, Hist, of World, Pref. 
As 1 am a man, I must be changeable. 
!>_'! 
II. a. 1. Exchanged: specifically applied t.i 
achild fancied to have been exchanged for an- 
other by the fairies. 
I do Imt beg a little chttiuii'liii'i boy. 
'.sViiit., M'. N. II., ii. 5. 
2t. Given to change; inconstant; fickle: as, 
"studiously changeling," lioijle, Works, I. :i.~>. 
Away, thou i-l<ii,i : ii-(iii'i motley humourist. 
/'"<"", Satires. 
changement (chanj'ment), . [< change + 
-mi HI.] Change ; variation. [Rare.] 
More enticing from the variety of sluin>i>>i,i,<iilx thcyad- 
St.'titt, Spurts an. 1 l'a^timr>, p. r, . 
n. [< ME. changer, cliaini- 
!/>> (a money-changer) (after OF. ennginnr. 
chnngi in\ chauiijur, V. chaiigeur = Pr. ( 
2. Having the quality of varying in color or e.\- 
i-iniiliiiiilor, ciiiiijdilnr = Sp. Pg. rtim- 
lii,nli,r = It. eamlnatore, < ML. ciimbiator), < 
Hi/nnjcn, change.] 1. One who changes or al- 
ters the form of anything. 
Clwnyer of all things, yet immutable, 
Before and after all, the first and last. 
(i. Fletrhrr, Christ Triumph, ii. 4(1. 
2f. One who is employed in changing and dis- 
counting money ; a money-changer. 
He drove them all out of the temple, . 
out the changers' money. 
3. One given to change; one who is incon- 
stant or fickle. 
and poured 
John ii. ir>. 
ternal appearance: as, changeable Bilk; the change-ringing (oharij'ring''ing), n. The art 
changeable, chameleon. of ringing a peal of bells in a regularly vary- 
Now. . . . the tailor make thy doublet of changeable ing order, SO that all the possible combinations 
talfata, for thy mind is a very opal ! Shale., T. N., II. 4. may be made. 
Changeable chant. See chant. =8yn. l. I'nstable, un- changerwife (chan'jer-wif), n. An itinerant 
certain, wavering, vacillating. female huckster. [North. Eng.] 
changeableness (chau ja-bl-nes) . Thequal- change-wheel (chanj'hwel), n. One of a set 
y of being changeable; fickleness; incon- of cog-wheels having varying numbers of teeth 
stancy ; instability ; mutability. of th | 8ame pitch, ufed to vary the angular ve- 
The ehanffeabkn*. or ImmutaWmy oahem^ ^ ^ ^ locity of the axig or arbor of machil f e in any 
changeably (chan'ja-bli), alh: In a 'change 
able manner ; inconstantly. 
changeful (chauj'ful),fl. [<clt(/e,n. , + -/Z,l.] 
Pull of change; inconstant; mutable; fickle; 
uncertain ; subject to alteration or variation. 
\chanyefull as the Mootie. Spenser, F. Q., VII. vii. 50. 
Kickle as a rhawieful dream. Scott, L. of the L. , v. so. changing-hoUSe (chan'jing-hous), H. The room 
changefully (chanj'ful-i), dc. In a changeful or building in which miners dress and un- 
manncr. dress before going to or after returning from 
changefulness (chauj'ful-nes), . [< change- the miue - 
fill + -ness.] The state or quality of being changingly (chan' jing-li), aar. Alternately. 
changeful. Jc" rov ' ^ng-J 
The reconciliation of its [the human form's] balance with Chanina (ka-ni'na), n. pi. [NL., < Chanos + 
its changefuliieas. Ruskin, Elem. of Drawing, p. 17.1. -ilia.] In Giinther's system of classification, 
change-house (chanj'hous), w. Ail ale-house; tae seventh group of Clupeidce. The mouth is small, 
anterior, transverse, and toothless ; the intermaxillary is 
juxtaposed to the upper edge of the maxillary ; the ab- 
screws of different pitch can be cut. 
changing (chan'jing),j>. a. [Ppr. of change, p.] 
Variable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle. 
One Julia, tliat his changing thoughts forget. 
Would better nt his chamber. Shak., T. O. of V., iv. 4. 
a public house. [Scotch.] 
Ye '11 dow ye doun to yon change-home, 
And drink till the day be dawing. 
domen is flat ; and the gill-membranes are entirely uni 
The group is coextensive with the family ChanuMae. 
ted. 
i>uke of A/hot-* Sourice (child's Ballads, vin. 23i). chank ' (changk), . [E. dial. ; perhaps ult. imi- 
changeless (chanj'les) ; a. [< change + -lens.] tative, like chough. Cf. changi.] The chough, 
Constant; not admitting alteration or varia- or red-legged cro w, Pyrrhocorax yraculus. MOII- 
tion; steadfast. tatju. [Local, British.] 
That chill, fhanrieleiM brow, . . . chank 2 (changk), M. 
Where cold Obstruction's apathy 
Appals the gazing mourner's heart. 
Biiron. 
The stream ran down 
The green slope to the sea-side brown, 
Singing its changeless song. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 140. 
changelessness (chanj'les-nes), H. The state 
or condition of being changeless. 
The Chinese idea of the Infinite was that of chanijeles*- 
"t. Education, III. 560. 
changeling (chanj'ling), . and a. [Early mod. 
E. also chaitageUiig ; {change + dim. -ling.] I. 
n. 1. A child left or taken in the place of an- 
other; especially, in popular superstition, a 
strange, stupid, ugly child left by the fairies 
in place of a beautiful or charming child that 
they have stolen away. 
Her base Elfin brood there for thee left : 
Such men do Chaungelings call, so chating'd by Faeries 
theft. Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 65. 
Thou art a changelina to him, a mere gipsy, 
And this the noble body. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, Iv. 2. 
V- C ~ ' / """-' f F 
[Hind, chank, more cor- 
rectly qankh, ( Skt. cankha, a conch-shell : see 
conch.] The most generally known species of 
the family Turbinellida-, Titr- 
binella nyrum. It has a top-like 
shell with a long slender canal, and 
under the epidermis is marked by ,. 
revolving lines suggesting tars of bolted edgewise to a 
music. It is especially sought for vessel's uido npnrlv 
about Ceylon, in the gulf ofllanar, 
and other places, in water about two ' 
fathoms deep, and is obtained by 
diving. It is also found fossilized in 
extensive beds. The chank is the 
sacred shell of the Hindus, and the 
god Vishnu is represented with one 
in his hand. It is also the emblem of 
the kingdom of Travancore. Sinistral 
or left-handed shells are held in high 
estimation and are rare. Much use 
is also made of chunk-shells for orna- 
mental purposes, and they are sewed 
into narrow rings or bracelets called 
bangles, and worn as ornaments by rhannnl 3 /ciinn'en 
the Hindu women. The shells are Cnannei > tchan el), II. 
also used as horns, and they were formerly employed by LA- 180 Channel'*, chan- 
Indian warriors as trumpets. tiers; perhaps a par- 
n a T\ Tr_oViall //iltn-nrvlr'aliAlX ., a_ _ -i i.o i i . 
channel-bone 
Tin- lifd of a sti-eam of water; the hollow m- 
course in which a stream flows. 
It is not M . Utj . to (bun the rliiiii,i.-l. and turn 
their streams another way. fii>rn*er, State of Ireland. 
2. The deeper part of a river, or of an estuarv, 
bay, etc., where the current flows, or which is 
most convenient for the track of a ship. ,'j. A - 
specifically applied in certain eases: (//) A part 
of the si -a const it lit ing a passageway between n 
continent and an island, or lutwi-en two isl- 
ands; a strait: as, the l-ln^li-h clmnm '. 
twcen France and England, leading to the strait 
of Dover; St. George's channel, hrt ween Un-at 
Britain and Ireland, leading to the Irish sea; 
the Mozambique elm nml. (b) A wide arm of 
the sea extending a considerable distance in- 
land: as, Bristol channel in England. 4. That 
by which something passes or is transmitted : 
means of passing, conveying, transmitting, 
reaching, or gaining: as, the news was convey- 
ed to us by different channels ; chainieln of in- 
fluence. 
This reputation |of being ;i Fakir) opened me, private!) 
a channel for purehasinj; many Arabic manu-i ri|.t-. 
/;,.-, , Source of tile Nile, I. ,. 
Me has neither friends nor enemies, tint values men onlv 
as rlmiini'lx of power. Kiiifrain. fondilet of Life. 
5. The trough used to conduct molten metal 
from a furnace to the molds. 6. A furrow or 
groove. 
My face was lined 
With channels, such as suffering leaves behind. 
Shelley, Kevolt of Islam, Iv. a. 
specifically (a) The cut or depression in the sole of a 
shoe iu which the thread is sunk. (Ii) A groove cut in a 
stone In the line 
along which It is 
to be split, (c) In 
oreA., neof a series 
of shallow vertical 
curved furrows, of 
elliptical section, of 
which each is sep- 
arated from that 
adjoining only by a 
sharp edge or arris. 
The channel is dis- 
tinguished from the 
flute, of which the 
section is an arc of 
a circle, and is a 
characteristic fea- 
ture of shafts of tin- 
Doric order. 
7f. The wind- 
pipe; thethroat. 
Marlowe. (Hal- 
liwell. ) 8. The hollow between the two nether 
jaw-bones of a horse, where the tongue is lodg- 
ed. Channel-Stone, (a) A stone used for forming gut- 
ters in paving. (6) The stone used in the game of curling : 
a curling-stone. [Scotch.] 
channel 1 (ehan'el), r. t.; pret. and pp. channel- 
ed or channelled, ppr. channeling or channelling. 
[< channel*, .] >f o form or cut a channel or 
channels in ; groove. 
Xo more shall trenching war channel her fields. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 
The hideous red rags have covered even the four col- 
umns of the baldacchino, columns fluted and chaiinellnl 
in various ways and supporting pointed arches. 
K. A. freeman, Venice, p. 130. 
'el), n. [A corruption of chain- 
' foi 
Channels Archaic Doric Capital, Temple 
of A&sos. 
In ship- 
building, a plank of considerable thickness 
urown \Ji u must, 
and serving to extend 
the shrouds of the 
lower rigging and 
keep them clear of the 
gunwale, the chain- 
plates being carried 
through notches on 
its outer edge. Also 
called chain-wale and 
channel-board. 
. 
2f. Figuratively, anything changed for or put Chank-shell (changk'shel), n. Same as cltanW. 
' 
The changeling never known! Shak., Hamlet, v.'-J 
8. One apt to change ; a waverer. 
Fickle ehmiffflinffi and poor discontents, 
Which gape, and rub the elbow, at the news 
Of hurlyburly innovation. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 1. 
I will play the changeling; 
I'll change myself into a thousand shapes, 
To court our brave spectators. 
Midilletun, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
Shrouds extended on the Channel 
bed of a river.] 
A sciwnoid 
ticular use of channel^, the 
[Scotch.] 
-bass (chan'el-bas), . 
. , .., . cia'na ocellata, the redfish. 
whose name has been taken as a component of channelbill (chan'el-bil), n. The Australian 
the name Channiformes. giant cuckoo, Scythrops norce-hotlandia: Also 
channel 1 (ehan'el), n. [Early mod. E. also called hornbill cuckoo. 
chaiiel, <ME. chattel, chanelle, < OF. chattel as- channel-board (chan'el-bord). . Same as 
sibilated form of canel (> ME. canel, mod. E. channel*. 
cawwtc 1 and kenneP), < L. canalis, a water-pipe, channel-bonet (chan'el-bon), H. [Also attmel- 
canal, > E. canali : see canall, canned, and ken- bone. < channel* (canned, 4) + tone 1 .] The 
nel-, which are thus doublets of channel*.] 1. collar-bone or clavicle. 
