Chilonycteris 
Head of Chiloitjcteris subsfinosa, slightly enlarged. 
chiloplasty (ki'lo-plas-ti), n. [< Gr. ^ti/oc, a 
lip, + ir/.aoTos', verbal adj. of TrZdaaciv, form, 
mold : see plastic.] In siirg., the operation of 
supplying deficiencies of the lip by transplant- 
ing to it a sufficient quantity of the healthy 
surrounding surface. 
chilopocl (ki'lo-pod), a. and n. I. a. Same as 
cliilopodous. 
II. . One of the Chilopoda; a centiped. 
Also chilopodati. 
Chilopoda (ki-lop'o-da), n. pi [NL., neut. pi. 
of chilopodus : see chilopodous.] An order of 
the class Myriapoda; the centipeds, or hundred- 
legs. They are myriapods of elongated and usually flat- 
tened form, and submembranons or somewhat coriaceous 
integument, with only one pair of appendages to each 
somite of the many-jointed body. The two anterior pairs 
of legs are modified into foot-jaws or maxillipeds (whence 
the name) ; the long antennee have 14 or more joints ; each 
mandible has a palpiform appendage ; and the second pair 
of foot-jaws are perforated for the passage of a poisonous 
secretion. The Chilopoda are for the most part very ac- 
tive, voracious, and predacious, and the bite of the larger 
species of centipeda is highly poisonous. There are three 
or four families, several genera, and numerous species. 
Also called Synijnatha. The term is contrasted with Chi- 
lovnatha. See cuts under centiped and ItaMar. 
chilopodan (ki-lop'o-dan), n. [< chilopocl + 
-an.] Same as chilopocl. 
chilopodifonn (ki-lo-pod'i-form), a. [< NL. 
Chilopoda + L. forma, shape.] Resembling a 
centiped in shape; scolopendrif orm : specifi- 
cally, in eittom., applied to certain butterfly- 
larvee which are long and flattened, and have 
lateral appendages on their bodies resembling 
the legs of a centiped. 
chilopodom.orpb.OUS (kl-lo-pod-o-mor'fus), a. 
[< NL. Chilopoda + Gr. jiopfyfi, shape, + -ou$.~] 
Same as chilopodiform. Kirby and Spence. 
[Bare.] 
chilopodous (ki-lop'o-dus), a. [< NL. chilopo- 
dus, < Gr. x e '^S> lipi + "t (TO*-) = E. foot."} 
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Chimaera 1 (ki-me'ra), . [See chimera.] 1. 
leap, or I. c.] A less usual spelling of chimera. 
2. [NL.] Insool.: (a) A genus of fishes of 
strange aspect, representing the family Chima;- 
rida;. Linnceus, 1766. (b) A genus of bivalve mol- 
lusks. Poli, 1791. (c) A genus of lepidopterous 
insects, (cl) A genus of fossil organisms of un- 
certain character. Hitchcock, 1858. 
chimaera 2 (shi-me'ra), . Same as chimere. 
chimaerid, chimerid (ki-me'rid), a. and . I. 
a. Pertaining to the Chimcerida!; chimoeroid. 
A chimcerid fish new to the western Atlantic. 
Science, IV. 4(itiJ. 
II. A selachian of the family Chimterida'. 
Chimaeridae (ki-mer'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Clii- 
ma'ra 1 , 2 (a),+-idai.] A family of holocephalous 
fishes, represented by the genus Chimara. Tiie 
body is elongate; the pectoral flns are broad; there is an 
Of or pertaining to the Chilopoda; having the 
characters of a chilopod ; centiped. Also chi- 
lopod. 
Chilostomata (ki-lo-stom'a-ta), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of chilostomatiis : see chilostomatous.] 
A suborder or an order of inf undibulate or gym- 
nolsematous marine Poltjzoa, containing those 
which have the cell-opening or mouth provided 
with a movable lip or operculum (whence the 
name), and usually avicularia and vibracula: 
opposed to Cyclostomata. The families and genera 
are numerous. The group is sometimes divided into two, 
Articulata and Inartictilata ; or into four, Cellulartna, 
Fluntrina, Ezchariiia, ami Celleponna. 
chilostomatous (ki-lo-stom'a-tus), a. [< NL. 
chilostomatus, < Gr. ;tt/lof, "lip, + oro'jua(r-), 
mouth.] Of or pertaining to the suborder Chi- 
lostomata; possessing the characteristics of the 
Chilostomata ; having the mouth furnished with 
a movable lip. Also chilostomous. 
Chilostomella (ki"lo-sto-mel'a), . [NL. 
(Reuss, 1861), < Gr. ;f</tof, lip, + "0-6/10., mouth, 
+ (L.) dim. -ella.] The typical genus of the 
family ChilostomelUdai. 
Chilostomellidae (ki"lo-sto-meri-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Chilostomella T -iaai.~] A family of 
perforate foraminifers, typified by the genus 
Chilostomella, with the test calcareous, finely 
perforate, and poly thalamous ; segments which 
follow one another from the same end of the 
long axis, or alternately at the two ends, or in 
cycles of three, more or less embracing ; and an 
aperture in the form of a curved slit at the end 
or margin of the final segment. 
Chilostomellidea (kl-lo-stom-e-lid'e-a), n. pi. 
[NL., < Ckilostomella + -idea.'] The Ch'ilostomel- 
lidce advanced to the rank of an order. Brady. 
chilostomous (ki-los'to-mus), a. Same as 
chilostomatous. 
Chiltern Hundreds. See hundred, n. 
chilver (chil'ver), . [< ME. *chilver, < AS. 
"oil/or (in comp. cilfor-lamb, a ewe-lamb) = 
OHG. chilburra, MHG. kilbere, a ewe-lamb, G. 
dial. (Swiss) kilber, a young ram: see calf 1 .] 
1. A ewe-lamb; a ewe, properly one year old. 
2. Ewe mutton. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Chimara flttmbea. 
anterior dorsal flu above the pectorals; the mouth is in- 
ferior ; the dental organs are confluent into two pairs of 
lamiiiiu in the upper jaw and into one pair In the lower ; 
and there are no spiracles. The males have a peculiar 
prehensile organ on the upper part of the snout. 
chimaeroid, chimeroid (ki-me'roid), a. and n. 
[< Chimara 1 , 2 (a), + -aid.] I. a. Relating to 
or like the CWsMBfW*. 
II. n. A fish of the genus Chimara or family 
Chimarida:. 
Chimaphila (ki-maf'i-la), n. [NL., < Gr. *>, 
winter, + 0<Aof, loving.] A genus of low, run- 
ning perennial plants, of the natural order Eri- 
caceae, with shining leaves on a short stem, and 
a raceme of fragrant flowers. There are three spe- 
cies in North America and one in Japan ; and the common 
pipsissewa or prince's-pine, C. umbr.llata, is also found in 
Europe. The leaves are used medicinally as a diuretic, 
tonic, and astringent, and are especially efficacious in 
dropsy and scrofula. 
chimaphilin (ki-maf 'i-lin), 11. [< Chimaphila 
+ -JH 2 .] A substance found in the leaves of 
Chimaphila umbellata. It appears in yellow 
acicular crystals, tasteless and odorless. 
chimb 1 !, " An obsolete form of chime 1 . 
chimb 2 , n. and v. See chime%. 
chimble 1 (chim'bl), v. t.; pret. and pp. chim- 
bled, ppr. chimbling. [E. dial, also chumble, ap- 
par. for *chemple, "chample, freq. of champ 1 , q. 
v.] To crumble into small fragments. Mackay. 
chimble 2 t, . t. [ME., < Icel. kimbla, truss up; 
cf. kimbill, a bundle.] To cover. 
That other [lady] wyth a gorger watz gered ouer the swyre 
[neck], 
Chymbled ouer hir blake chyn with mylk-quyte vayles. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 958. 
chimbley (chim'bli), n. A dialectal form of 
chimney. 
chime 1 (chim), . [< ME. chimbe, chymbe, chime, 
chim, a cymbal, a bell, shortened (prob. 
through the accom. form chimbe-belle, chymme- 
belle, as if < chimbe + belle, bell) from *ch<m- 
bel (cf. OF. *chimbe, chiribe, for *chimbale, aim- 
bale, and so ML. cimba for cymbalum), < AS. 
cimbal, cimbala, a cymbal, < L. cymbalum, & cym- 
bal, in ML. (with a fern, form, cymbalo) also 
a bell. The same L. word, through OF. cim- 
bale, ME. cimbale, cymbale, is the source of mod. 
'E. cymbal: see cymbal.] It. A cymbal; proba- 
bly also a bell. 
Ch[y]mme belle [var. chyme], cimbalum. 
Prompt. Para., p. 75. 
As a chymbe [var. chime, chim] or brasen belle 
That nouther con vnderstand uy telle 
What tokeneth her owne sonn. 
Cursor Mundi, L 12193. 
His chyinbf belle he doth rynge 
And doth dassche gret taborynge. 
King Alisaunder, L 1852. 
2. A set of bells (regularly five to twelve) tuned 
to a musical scale : called chimes, or a chime of 
bells. When the bells are stationary, and are struck by 
hammers instead of tongues, the set Is more properly called 
a carillon. Carillons sometimes consist of from 40 to 50 
bells, the smaller bells rising in chromatic succession, bile 
the larger are generally limited to such fundamental basses 
as the tonic, dominant, and subdominant. Wires or bars 
are occasionally used instead of bells. 
We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow. 
S/iat.,2Hen. IV., iii. 2. 
With their strange, unearthly changes, rang the melan- 
choly chimes. Longfellow, Belfry of Bruges. 
3. The harmonious sound of bells, or (rarely) of 
musical instruments. 
chimera 
You're a fair viol, and your sense the strings; . . . 
But, being play'd upon before your time, 
Hell only danceth at so harsh a chiitte. 
Shak., Pericles, I. 1. 
Instruments that made melodious chime. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 559. 
4. An arrangement of bells and strikers in an 
organ, musical box, clock, etc. 5. Correspon- 
dence of sounds in general ; rarely, proportion 
or harmonious relation : as, "chimes of verses," 
Cowley. 
Love first invented verse, and form'd the rhyme, 
The motion measur'd, harmoniz'd the chime. 
Drijden, Cym. and Iph. 
chime 1 (chim), v. ; pret. and pp. chimed, ppr. 
chiming. [Early mod. E. also chimb, < ME. 
chimben, chimen, sound as a bell, < chimbe, chime, 
a bell: see chime 1 , n. Cf. Sw. kimba, ring (an 
alarm-bell), toll, = Dan. kimc, ring, chime.] I. 
intrans. 1. To ring as a bell ; jingle; jangle. 
Chymyn, or chenkyn [chink] with bellys, tintillo. 
Prompt. Pan., p. 75. 
The sely tonge may well rynge and chimbe. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Reeve's Tale, 1. 42. 
2. To ring as bells in unison ; sound in con- 
sonance, rhythm, or harmony; give out har- 
monious sounds ; accord. 
The song of those who chime for ever, 
After the chiming of the eternal spheres. Keati. 
3. To agree; suit; harmonize: absolutely or 
with with. 
Set her sad will no less to chime with his. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
There is nothing eccentric, that will not fall into the 
general aim of the plan, and chime with it. 
Bm-hnell, Nature and the Supernat., p. 395. 
To chime in with, to be in harmony with ; share or take 
part in approvingly. 
He not only sat quietly and heard his father railed at, 
but often chimed in wi-th the discourse. 
Arbuthnot, John Bull. 
Everything chimed in with such a humor. Irving. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to sound harmonious- 
ly, as a set of bells; strike with or move to 
measure. 
With lifted arms they order every blow, 
And chime their sounding hammers in a row. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 252. 
2. To utter harmoniously ; recite with rhyth- 
mical flow. 
Let simple Wordsworth chime his childish verse. 
Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. 
chime 2 , chimb 2 (chim), n. [Also by alteration 
chine; < ME. chymbe, edge, brim, prob. < AS. 
"cime or "cimbe, in comp. cim-stdn (stan, stone), 
the base of a column (an unauthenticated form 
in Somner), = MD. kime, kimme, kieme, D. kirn, 
the chime of a cask, border, brim, horizon, = 
MLG. kimme, chime, brim, horizon, LG. kimm, 
> G. kimme, edge, border, kimm, horizon, = Sw. 
kirn, chime of a cask, cf . Norw. kime, a strip ; 
cf. AS. eimbing, a joining, = G. kimmvng, edg- 
ing, looming, mirage, = Dan. kiming, kimming, 
horizon.] 1. The edge or brim of a cask or tub, 
formed by the ends of the staves projecting be- 
yond the head or bottom. 
And whan ye sette a pype on broche, do thus : set it 
foure fynger brede aboue y nether chyme vpwardes 
aslaunte ; and than shall y" lyes neuer a-ryse. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 266. 
She had a false deck, which was rough and oily, and cut 
up in every direction by the chimes of oil casks. 
S. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 244. 
2. In ship-building, that part of the waterway 
or thick plank at the side left above the deck 
and hollowed out to form a watercourse. 
chime 2 , chimb 2 (chim), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
chimed, chimbed, ppr. chiming, chimbing. [< 
chime 2 , chimb^, n.] Naut., to make a chime or 
chimb in. 
chime-barrel (chim'bar'el), n. A revolving 
barrel or cylinder so fitted with pegs or knobs 
as to operate the levers by which a chime or 
carillon is played. 
chime-bellt, See chime 1 . 
chimer (chi mer), n. One who chimes. 
chimera 1 , chimaera 1 (ki-me'ra), n. [As an E. 
word now usually chimera, formerly often chi- 
mcera, chymatra; = D. chimera = G. chimare = 
Dan. chimare = Sw. chimdr = F. chimere = Sp. 
quimera = Pg. quimera, chimera = It. chimera,, 
a chimera, a vain fancy, < L. Chima-ra, < Gr. X<- 
/tatpa, a fabled monster (see def. 1), supposed 
to have been orig. a personification of the snow 
or winter (the name being formally identical 
hima, winter ; cf . x f '^> 'winter, xf'P a , wintry 
weather, xtbv, snow, L. hiems, winter, bimus 
(contr. of "bihimus), of two winters or years. 
