chicken 
hen. 4. A common name of (a) the pin- 
nated grouso or prairie-hen (prairie-chicken). 
Cn/ii<lniiiii rii/iido (see cut under ('u/ii<liniiii), 
und of ('/) I lie sharp-tailed grouse, I'uliucrii * 
phimiiiiii-l/iin. [Local, U. S.] 5. A person 
of tender years; a child: sometimes tiseil us 
a term of endearment, or with a negative 
(HO chicken), in satirical implication of mature 
years. 
\Vhy. )IM\V you aiv my flii'-k<'n ani my dear. 
r'd-li'lte r (and another), Nohle (ientleman, iv. 4. 
Stella Is no chicken. Siti/l. Stella's Birthday, 1720. 
6. A name applied with a qualifying adjective 
to various fishes, as in the north of Ireland to 
the Alliiriiin //iT.sfci/fVr, culled the J'ni'lufi ITI/ 
chicken. 7. A kind of turtle whose shell is 
used in commerce. - Blue Hen's Chicken, a slang 
lliulK 1 for a mldont of the Stut'' of IVlaware, saiil to him; 
arisen from tin- members of u Delaware reKiment distin- 
guished in the revolution IM-IH^ so railed on amount l 
the famous ;;amr-rorks raised liy thrir colonel (Caldwell) 
ironi ;i i.rrid ut iilue hens. - Chicken cholera. Seer/mi 
era, :i. Chicken hazard. Sue haznnt. Mother Ca- 
rey's chicken, a name- uiven liy sailors t<) the stormy 
prtivl ami otlitT small organic species of petrel. -Pha- 
raoh'a chicken. See Knn/ilinn raAun, nndCT mtitwv, 
To count one's chickens before they are hatched, 
to anticipate too eonliilently the obtaining or duing of 
something that one may never receive or be able to do. 
[Colloq.] 
Chicken'-', chickun (cliik'en, -un), n. [< Hind. 
cliikan, < I'ers. clmkin, embroidery. Cf. chikan- 
dozi.J Embroidery, especially embroidery upon 
muslin. [Anglo-Indian.] - Chicken walla! " itin- 
erant dealer in embroidered handkerchiefs and. the like. 
Yule ami llurnell. (India.] 
chicken-bird (chik'en-berd), n. [Prob. for 
"chickingbird, < chicking, ppr. of chick 2 (cf. 
ciiicaric and chickling*), + bird*.] A name 
of the turnstone, Strepsilas interpres. [New 
Eug.] 
chicken-breasted (chik'en-bres''ted), a. Hav- 
ing that form of chest in which the costal car- 
tilages are carried inward and the sternum is 
thrown forward, so that the thorax resembles 
somewhat, that of a carinate bird. In pathol- 
ogy it is characteristic of rickets. 
chicken-feeder (chik'en-fe"der), re. Same as 
frpinette. 
chicken-halibut (chik'en-hol''i-but), n. A 
small halibut, weighing from 10 to 20 pounds. 
chicken-hawk (chik'en-hak), n. Same as hen- 
JuMok. 
chicken-heart (chik'en-hart), n. A coward. 
These flaxen-haired men are such pulers, and such pid- 
dlers, and such chicken-hearts. 
Xiddleton, Blurt, Master-Constable, U. 2. 
Chicken-hearted (chiVen-har"ted), a. Hav- 
ing no more courage than a chicken; timid; 
cowardly. 
He was himself so chicken-hearted a man. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 205. 
chicken-pox (chik'en-poks), n. A mild con- 
tagious eruptive disease, generally appearing 
in children ; varicella. 
chicken's-meat (chik'enz-met), n. [Prop. 
chickens' meat; < ME. chiknemete, chicnemete, 
later also chekynmtite, chekunmette, < AS. cicena 
mete, lit. 'chickens' food . cicena, gen. pi. of 
cicen, chicken; mete, food: see chicken* and 
meat.'] 1. Chickweed. 2. The endive. 3. 
Dross corn. [Prov. Eng. in all senses.] 
chicken-snake (chik'en-snak), n. A popular 
name of certain American snakes, as Coluber 
quadrivittatus and Ophibolus eximim. Baird 
and Girard, 1853. 
chicken-tortoise (chik'en-tdr'tis), n. A tor- 
toise of the family Clemmyidce, Chrysemys reti- 
culata, with dark-brown head and neek marked 
by narrow yellow lines, and a dusky yellow 
throat traversed by three yellow streaks. A 
streak from each nostril extends along the sides of the 
neck. The shell is generally about 9 or 10 inches long. 
They are found along the Atlantic coast of the United 
States, especially in North Carolina. 
chickenweed, n. See chickweed, 1. 
chickera, n. See chikara?. 
chickerberry (chik'er-ber' l 'i), . Same as 
checkcrberry. 
chickett (chik'et), n. [Perhaps an error for 
clicket.~\ A fastening. 
The green shutters and chicked are offensive. Ford. 
chick-house (chik'hous), n. [< chick* + house.'} 
In India, a light structure of chicks, or slips of 
bamboo, used for the protection of plants un- 
able to bear full exposure to the heat and dry 
winds. 
chickling 1 (ehik'ling), n. [< chick* + -ling* ; 
= Icel. ki/klhii/r, kjiiklingrs: Sw. kyckling, dial. 
koklin//, /:jn/./;liii(i = Dan. kylling ; cf. 6. kiich- 
It'in : see chicken*.] 1. A small chick orchick- 
955 
en. 2. [Cf. chicane.] A name of the bird 
Ntriyisiltin inlir/in:i, or turnstone. 
chickling- (chik'ling), H. [Anaccom. <if rhirli- 
'"'.'/, iii imitation ot <-liir/.1uii/ ] , cliick*. Cf. 
oMelt-pea.] A vetch or pe;i, i.iillii/ru.1 HtitirnH, 
extensively cultivated in the south of Europe 
for its seed, which is eaten like the chick-pea, 
and is said to be of superior quality. Also called 
i-li iiiili ni/, i-hickling-retcli, cliichlimj-cetch. 
chickore (chi-kor'), n. [Anglo-Ind., < Hind. 
chakor.] The hill-partridge of India, Caccabis 
<!< nkiir. It is found all over the Himalayas from c Ml 
MI* n- to Nepal, not extending to Sikkhim, and prefers 
rocky hill to nenib jungle. The hen lays from Id to i;, 
egga. Fallon Also chuckore. 
At a little distance beyond the bridge we heard a covey 
of chickore, or hill-partridge, in full conversation down 
the valley. W. II. Ruiselt, Diary in India, II. 163. 
chick-pea (chik'pe), n. [For chich-pea (see 
i-hich*}; accom. to chick*. Cf. chickweed.] The 
popular name of the plant ('iccr uriiliinim. it 
grows wild around the shores of the Mediterranean ami in 
many part* of the East, producing a short puffy pod, eon- 
taining one or generally two small netted seeds with two 
Chick-pea (Cicer arittdtitm). 
swellings on one side. It is much used In olios in Spain, 
is an important article in French cookery, and has been 
cultivated from a very early period in the warmer regions 
of the old world. When roasted it is the common parched 
pulse of the East. The plant contains much acid oxalate 
of pot&sh, and is covered with glandular acid hairs. Also 
called chich. 
chickstone (chik'ston), n. [For "checkstone or 
"chackntone, transposition of stonechack, stane- 
chack: see chaclfl, stoneehack, and stonechat.] 
A name for the bird Saxicola or Pratincola ru- 
bicola, or stoneehat. Montagu. [Eng.] 
chickun, n. See chicken?. 
chickweed (chik'wed), n. [< chick* + weed*. 
In Scotland it is often called chickenwort or 
chuckenwort. Cf. chicken's-meat.'] 1. The pop- 
ular name of SteUaria media, a common weed 
in cultivated and waste grounds, flowering 
throughout the year. It has a procumbent more or 
less hairy stem, with ovate pointed leaves, and many small 
white flowers. It is much used for feeding cage-birds, 
which are very fond of both leaves and seeds. Also called 
chickenweed. 
2. A name of several plants of other genera. 
Forked Chickweed, the Anychia dichotoma. Indian 
Chickweed, the cariwtweed, Mollugo rerticillata. J&g- 
ged chickweed, Uulosteum umbrllatutn. Mouse-ear 
chickweed, the popular name of various species of Cerax- 
t i n in . Red chickweed, the pimpernel, Anayallis arren- 
w. Silver Chickweed, the Paromichiaarpyrocoma: so 
called from its silvery stipules. Wlntergreen Chick- 
weed, the common name of Trientalis Europtxa. (See also 
icater-chickweed.) 
chickwitt, n. Same as chigwit. 
chicle-gum (chik'1-gum), n. An elastic gum 
obtained from the naseberry, Achras Sapota, a 
sapotaceous tree of tropical America. It is 
used as a masticatory. 
chico (che'ko), n. [S. Amer.] 1. An orange- 
red coloring matter obtained by the Indians 
from the leaves of the Bignonia Chica, which 
grows on the banks of the Meta and the Ori- 
noco, and is employed by them, like arnotto, to 
dye their bodies. It is also used in the United States 
to produce red and orange shades on cotton and wool, the 
process followed being similar to that for arnotto. Calvert, 
Dyeing and Calico- Printing, p. 291. 
2. A fermented liquor or beer derived from 
Indian corn, mashed in hot water, used by the 
natives of Chili. 
Also chica, chicha. 
chicoriaceous (chik-o-ri-a'shius), a. [< chic- 
or (y) + -aceous, after ciclwriaceous.] Same as 
cichorinceous. 
chicory (chik'o-ri), n. [Early mod. E. also 
cichory and cykory, and, by corruption, succory 
Chicory (CicftoriMm Intybus). 
chideress 
(see succory), which is still used; = D. chico- 
n-t = (i. cichnrie = Dun. ciknrir, < F. i-hii-nrri . 
rit'luti'i'f = Sp. iii-liifin in 
= Pg. cllil'iiri'lt = It. 
i-ir<ir<ii, < lj. cirluiriiiui, 
cii'hori-n, < Or. Ktxo/itov, 
also Ktx"i"/, better '- 
jopa, mxupeia, pi., chic- 
ory. ] The popular 
name of Cichorium Jiity- 
bux, a composite plant 
common in waste places, 
found throughout Eu- 
rope and Asia as far as 
India, and naturalized 
in the United States. 
It has a fleshy tapering root, 
a stem from 1 to 3 feet liiyh. 
with spreading branehc- ami 
lolicil and coarsely tnutticil 
leaves. The flowers are bright- 
blue. Tile roots are exten- 
sively employed as a snlwtl- 
tute for coffee, or to mix with 
coffee, being roasted and 
ground for this purpose. Chicory Is also cultivated as 
feed for cattle, and the blanched leaves are sometimes 
used as a salad. Also spelled chiccory. 
chide (chid), r. ; pret. chid (formerly chode), 
pp. chidden, chid, ppr. chiding. [< ME. chiden 
(weak verb, pret. chidde, pp. chid, chidde, the 
much later pret. chode and pp. chidden being 
due to the analogy of verbs like ride, rode, rid- 
den, cf. hide*, also a weak verb), < AS. cidan 
(weak verb. pret. cidde, pp. cided, cidd), chide, 
blame (with dat.), intr. quarrel; connections 
unknown.] I. trans. 1. To reprove; rebuke; 
reprimand ; find fault with ; blame ; scold : as, 
to chide one for his faults ; to chide one for his 
delay. 
Almost chide God for making you that countenance you 
are- Shak., As you Like it, iv. 1. 
But Kirk was only chid for it ; and it was said that he 
had a particular order for some military executions, so 
that he could only be chid for the manner of it 
Bp. Burnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1655. 
2. To find fault about ; blame ; reproach : ap- 
plied to things : as, to chide one's own folly. 
"Tis not because the ring they ride, 
And Lindesay at the ring rides well, 
But that my sire the wine will chide, 
If 'tis not flll'd by Rosabclle. 
Scott, L. of L. M., vi. 23. 
3. To strike by way of punishment or admoni- 
tion. 
Caressed or chidden by the slender hand. 
Tennyson, Sonnets, vil. 
4. To drive or impel by chiding. 
How churlishly I chid Lucetta hence 1 
5Ao*.,T. O. of V..L2. 
With loud screams 
Chiding his mate back to her nest. 
M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rnstum. 
5. Figuratively, to fret; chafe. 
Clipped in with the sea 
That chides the banks of England. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 
= Syn. To blame, censure, reproach, upbraid, reprimand. 
II. intrans. 1. To scold; find fault; contend 
in words of anger; wrangle; grumble; clamor. 
I lyken the to a sowe, for thou arte ever chyding at 
mete. Palsgrave, p. 611. 
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban. 
Gen. x \ \i. 36. 
Incredible number of partridges, like to those of Scio, 
here run on the rocks, and flie chiding about the vine- 
yards. Sandys, Travailes, p. 22. 
2. Figuratively, to make a clamorous or mur- 
muring noise. 
Yet my duty, 
As doth a rock against the chiding flood, 
Should the approach of this wild river break, 
And stand unshaken yours. Shak., Hen. VIII., ill. 2. 
3. To bay, as hounds in full cry. 
chide (chid), n. [Cf. ME. chide, < AS. gecid, 
contention, < cidan, chide, contend: see chide, 
'.] 1. A reproof; a rebuke. Bunyan. 2. A 
murmuring, complaining, or brawling sound. 
[Bare.] 
Nor bleating mountains, nor the chide of streams, 
And hum of bees. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1267. 
chider (chi'der), n. [< ME. chidere, chyder; < 
chide + -er*.] One who chides, scolds, clamors, 
or rebukes. 
Men most enquere . . . 
Wher sche be wys, or sobre, or dronkelewe, . . . 
A chyder [var. chidester, Tyrwhitt], or a wastour of thy 
good. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 291. 
Whether any be brawlers, slanderers, chidem, scoldera, 
and sowers of discord between one and another. 
Abp. Cranmer, Articles of Visitation. 
chideresst, n. [ME. chideresse ; < chider + -ess.] 
A woman who chides ; a scold. 
An angry wight, a chideresse. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 150. 
