chimera 
The sense 'yearling,' as iipplicd to a goat or 
sheep, appears in (i. dial. <iiiii-iit/<r, a one- 
winter-old goat-, and in 10. in thi'r, a ram, = L. 
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Sophistical dreams and rhi meriting ideas of shallow lin- 
iKinativc srholan. BatfaUnt(tr*Dt.), im, II.'-JSH. 
chimney-work 
chimney-can (cliim'ni-kan), n. Same as chim- 
chimeroid. n. and . See ehiinii ronl. 
e- , . , , = . . . . . 
vitulim, a calf, > E. fen/; see if ether and m//. chimict, chimicalt, etc. Obsolete forms 
Cf. led. {/i/rnlii', mod. i/ititlir, ;i yearling ewe- 
lamb, i/t/Hibr-, i/i/iiiliriir-liiiiib (= Dan. ijitnmi r, 
t/iiitHirrl<im = Su. i/imniii -i. > K. dial, and Sc. 
gimmeroTgimmw-lamb: sec (////-.] 1. [c/>.] 
In f.';-. mi/tli., a lire-lireat'hing monster, tin- 
fore part of whose body, according to the Iliad, 
was that of a lion, the middle that of a goat, 
chentic, flit micdt, etc. 
chiminaget, . [_< '^-i < '''"""'", I''- i-ln-mia, a way, 
road.] In oW law, a toll for passage through'a 
for. -st. 
chimney-cap (chim'ni-kap), H. 1. An abacus 
of or cornirc funning a crowning termiiintimi for 
a chimney. 2. A rotnry device, moved Ijy the 
wind, which facilitates the I-MT.|II> of smoke 
from a chimney by turning the i-xit-aperture 
away from the wind : a cowl. 
chiming-machine (chi'raing-ma-shen'), . A chimney-corner (chim' ni-kor"ner),n. Thecor- 
muchine consisting of a drum with projecting 
pins, which is tunied by a crank, thus pulling 
the ropes of a chime of bells in such a way as 
to produce tunes mechanically, 
chimistt, chimistryt. Obsolete forms of </;- 
ixt, rln-mixtry. 
chirula (chim'la), n. A Scotch form of chimney. 
Chimla-lue, cliimla-neuk, cnimla-cheek, the chim- 
ney-side ; the hearth. 
Chimera. Lycian terra-cotta, British Mtiscu 
While frosty winds Maw in the drift, 
bell to the chimla-luff. 
Hums, First Epistle to Davie. 
and the hinder that of a dragon, or which, ac- chimlay, chimley, chimlie (chim'la, -li), n. 
cording to llesiod. had three heads, one of each l>jalectal forms of rliiiinii //. 
ner of a lirepliice, or the space between the lire 
and the sides of the fireplace; hence, the fire- 
side, or a place near the fire. 
That [rectitude] tlie zealot stJKinati/rs as a Htcrilr chiin- 
M|r-CDrar pUkmpbj. Kim-i ></. s. \. li.-v., rxxvi. 417. 
If it was difficult to read the eleven coniinaiidnienU hy 
tin- Unlit of a pine-knot, it u not dihVnlt togct tlie sweet 
spirit of tin-in from tin- r.nnilrii.-mi-,- of tin xTrnr mother 
knitting in tin- /</;. 
C. D. Warnrr, liackloj: Studies, p. 18. 
chimneyed (chim'nid), a. [< chimney + -(/2.] 
1 1 a \ ing a chimney or chimneys ; furnished with 
chimneys. 
\\ lu re chimney'd roofs the steep ridge <"),,, 
'I In ic smoked an anefent town. ./. Baillie. 
Nature's feet. 
- . .- '> P 1 - < .-, - 
chimnies (-niz). [Cf. dial, chimlay, chimley, 
flffiCMSS chiSch^:^ chimney^ (chhn^^uix;;: 
ece, cheminey, etc., a fireplace, furnace, < OF. 
i-li, mini >, fh'niK -in-i; I'. <-//< iiiiit< : c = It. ciimminatti 
= OHG. cheminata, MHG. kemendte (MHG. also 
kamin, kemin, G. kamin = Dan. kamin = Kuss. 
Carlyle, Krvnc-h lU-v., IH.lt 4. 
A nook > hang- 
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ey-jack (chim'ni-jak), . A movable 
cowl or wind-shelter placed on top of a chim- 
ney to assist the draft ; a chimney-cap. 
kaminu = Pol. komin, < L. caminus), < ML. 
duty formerly paid in England for each chim 
A fireplace or hearth. 
Whan Gawein entred the halle, as ye harde, his modcr 
lay in a chamber by a chymney wherynne was a grete 
ftere, and she was right peusif for her brother the kynge 
Arthur. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 182. 
2f. A furnace ; a forge. Chaucer. 
And Ills feet like to latouu [brass) as in a braining chym- 
eney. Vyclif, Rev. i. 15. 
3. A vertical structure containing a passage or 
main flue by which the smoke of a fire or fur- 
The business of buying off the Chimney-money is passed 
in the House : and so the King to he satisfied some other 
way, and the King supplied with the money raised hy this 
purchasing off of the chimnies. I'epys, Diary, II. 476. 
chimneypiece (chim'ni-pes), n. The archi- 
tectural facing or ornamental work over and 
around a fireplace, resting against the chim- 
ney ; a mantel or mantelpiece. 
The chimney 
Is south the chamber ; and the chimney-piece, 
Chaste Dian, bathing. Shale., Cymbeline, ii. 4. 
are carried off; in a steam-engine, the funnel. 
When several chimneys are carried up together, the mass 
is called a utack of chimneys, or a chimney-gtack. The part 
of the chimney carried above the roof for discharging the 
smoke is the chiwwy-shajt and the upper part of the 
shaft is the chimney-top or -head. Chimneys are common- 
ly built of brick or stone. (The manner in which a chim- 
ney and fireplace are often connected, and the names of 
the different parts, are shown in the cut under throat.) 
foot that of serpents. The Chimera, a symbol of 
storms and other destructive natural forces, was overcome 
ud slain by the solar hero Bellerophon. 
Gorgoiu, and hydras, and chimceras dire. 
Hilton, V. L., ii. 628. 
Hence 2. In ornamental art, etc., a fantastic 
assemblage of animal forms so combined as to 
produce a single complete but unnatural design. 
He did not indeed produce correct representations of 
human nature ; hut he ceased to daub such monstrous 
chimeras as those which abound in his earlier pieces. 
Macaulay, Dryden. 
3. An absurd or impossible creature of the 
imagination ; a vain or idle fancy ; a fantastic 
conceit. 
We forged a sevenfold story. Kind? what kind? 
Chimeras, crotchets, Christmas solecisms, 
Seven-headed monsters only made to kill 
Time by the fire in winter. 
Tennyson, Prol. to Princess. 
All contributed to stimulate tlie appetite for the incred- 
ible chimera* of chivalry, t'rescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 18. 
What a wonderful gauge of his own value as a scientific 
critic does he aftord, by whom we are informed that phre- 
nology is a great science, and j>sychology &chiintera. 
Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 155. 
chimera 2 (shi-me'ra), . Same as chimere. 
chimere (shi-mfir'), n. [One of the forms of 
simar, q. v.] The outer robe worn by a bishop, 
to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached. 
In the English Church the chimere, which until the ac- 
cession of Elizabeth was of scarlet silk, is now of black 
satin. During episcopal convocations and when the sover- 
eign attends Parliament, however, the color is scarlet. 
English prelates of the Roman Catholic Church wear chi- 
meres of purple silk ; cardinals, of scarlet. Also chimera, 
chimaira, chitnnutr. 
Fox has some well-known pleasantries on Hooper, when 
he preached before the King, feeling like a strange player 
in the scarlet chimere (which now is of black silk), the 
white rochet, and the barett, or "square mathematical 
cap, dividing the world into four parts," which he wore, 
"though his head was round." 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xviii., note. 
chimeric (ki-mer'ik), a. [< chimera + -ic; = F. 
chimcrique = Sp. quimerico = Pg. ehimerico = It. 
ehimerico.'] Same as chimerical. 
Chimerical (ki-mer'i-kal), a. [< chimeric + -al.'] 
1. Pertaining to or of the nature of a chimera; 
wholly imaginary ; unreal ; fantastic. 
Chimerical fancies, fit for a shorn head. 
Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy. 
I cannot think that Persons of such a Chymerical Ex- 
istence are proper Actors in an Epic Poem. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 273. 
2. Incapable of realization ; fantastically im- 
aginative; preposterous: as, chimerical ideas, 
notions, projects, or fancies. 
Think not . . . that there is anything chimerical in such 
an attempt. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxiv. 
All wise statesmen have agreed to ... reject as chi- 
merital all notions of a public interest of the community 
distinct from tlie interest of tlie component parts. 
Sfacaulay, Mitford's Hist. Greece. 
3. Given to or entertaining chimeras or fan- 
tastic ideas or projects: as, a chimerical en- 
thusiast; the work of a chimerical brain. =Syn. 
Wild, unfounded, vain, fantastic, delusive, visionary, 
Utopian. 
chimerically (ki-mer'i-kal-i), adv. In a chi- 
merical manner; wildly; vainly; fancifully; 
fantastically. 
chimerid, n. and h. See chimteritl. 
chimerize (ki-me'riz), . t. ; pret. and pp. chi- D ra fi of a i 
merited, pm. chimerisnng. [< chimera + -ize.] ney. See howl, . i." * chimney-work (chim'ni-werk), n. In mining, 
To entertain, raise, or create chimeras or wild chimney-hoard (chim'ni-bord), . Same as a system of working the thick beds of clay 
fancies. [Rare.] fireboard. ironstone by first working out the bottom 
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nace escapes to the open air, or other vapors chimney-pot (chim'ni-pot), n. A nearly cylin- 
drical pipe of earthenware, brick, or sheet-metal 
placed on the top of a chimney to increase the 
draft and prevent smoking. Also called chim- 
ney-can. 
What tiles and chimney-pots 
About their heads are flying ! 
William Pitt, Tlie Sailor's Consolation. 
, ,_- , Chimney-pot hat. See hat. 
The chimneys of some kinds of factories, as chemical chimney-shaft (chim'ni-shaft), . That part 
of a chimney which is carried above the roof 
of the building of which it forms a part. See 
chimney, 3. 
chimney-stack (chim'ni-stak), n. A group of 
chimneys carried up together. 
Chimney-stalk (chim'ni-stak), n. A very tall 
chimney, such as is commonly connected with 
factories. See chimney, 3. 
chimney-swallow (chim'ni-swol'6), . l. 
The Hirundo rustica, one of the most common 
European species of swallow. 2. In the Unit- 
ed States, a species of swift, Chatura pelagica 
or pelasgica. Also chimney -swift. See cut un- 
der Chtetura. 
chimney-sweep, chimney-sweeper (chim'ni- 
swep, -swe*pr), n. 1. One whose occupation 
is the sweeping of chimneys, in order to rid 
them of the soot that adheres to their sides. 
Golden lads and girls all must, 
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. 
Rhak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
2. An apparatus for cleaning chimneys. 3. 
The smut of wheat, Ustilago carbo. [Local, 
Eng.] 
Same as 
Cliwtura. 
The top of 
a chimney. " Also called chimney-head. 2. An 
organ-pipe having a small open tube in the 
middle of the top plate, the effect of which is 
to sharpen the note. The same effect is sometimes 
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Chimneys. 
I. Fifteenth century, Strasburg. 2. Sixteenth century. Chateau de 
Chamborrl. France. 3. Modern, New York. 
works, are built to a great height, sometimes several 
hundred feet, and often as independent structures. They 
are designed not only to secure a very strong draft, but 
for the diffusion in the upper air of deleterious fumes, 
drawn into them through connecting flues. 
Item, that no chimneys of tre [wood], ner thached houses, 
be suffred w'yn the cyte. English GUds (E. E. T. S.), p. 372. 
cal extension. The ore in a vein is said to occur "in 
chimneys" when the rich portions are somewhat contin- 
uous and have a definite direction. If there are several 
such chimneys, they are expected to be, and occasionally 
are, roughly parallel with one another. A chimney of ore 
may be a bonanza, if large and rich enough ; but the latter 
term carries no idea of expected regularity, while 
produced in stopped wooden pipes by boring a little hole 
,, _ through the tompion. 
does, (c) A lofty head-dress worn by women in the four- chimney- Valve (chim 'ni-valv), n. A device 
t.-enth century. See hennin. (,/) A small tubethat passes for ventilating an apartment by means of the 
through the cap of certain stopped pipes in an organ. , * , . 
See draft.-To hovel a chim- upward draft in the chimney. 
