chiton 
969 
chladnite 
form of trniic typical anio.iK the lonians. It was voliimi- chitter* (chit'er), v. i. [< ME. chiteren, chat- chivalry (shiv'al-ri), . [The pronunciation of 
nous, usually made of Hue linen, either with or w.thont , . . '., .' this w ,*| a,,,l r/,,,-,,,,,,,,,, ,.., prop, with initial 
ch (i. o., Mi), has been ;i]t..jv,l to suit the mod. 
P. ciicni/H'i; etc. (with initial nl/); < ME. i-hi- 
riilrir, i-lii-i-nlrii; < OF. i-li, nilrrn. \' , ,-liri'iili-ri<- 
nous, usually made of tine linen, cither with or without 
sleeves of various form, ami fell in numerous folds from 
the shoulders to the feet. It was very commonly so lon^ 
that it was necessary, in order to keep it from trailing on 
the ground, to pull it up through a girdle at the waist, 
Ionian Chiton. Tanagra figurine, Herlin Museum. 
or to fold it over toward the outside at the top, so that 
a portion hung down from the shoulders to the waist, 
forming a double covering. (See dijiloiditm.) The I< 
chiton was the form worn by the women of Athens. 
Chitonacea (ki-to-na'se-a), n.pl. [NL., < Chi- 
ton, 2 (a), + -acea.] Same as Chitonidte. 
chitonid (ki'to-nid), n. A gastropod of the fam- 
ily ('httoitidti'. 
Ctiitonidse (kl-ton'i-de), n. pi. [NL. (D>Or- 
bigny, 1837), < Chiton, 2 (a), + -ida;.] A fam- 
ily of gastropodous mollusks, the chitons, the 
anomalous character of which has caused them 
to be classed as a suborder, Polyplaeophora, chittra, >i. 
or as a group of a higher grade, Amphomcea. chittul, n. 
ter, chirp as a bird, an imitative variation of 
cheiteren, chatter: sec I'lmllir, and cf. twitter.] 
To chirp ; twitter. 
Any Miulwe c.hitei-<iinir on a berne. 
<>', M'ller a Tale, 1.72. ( = p r . ,.,;, I, lr,>l, ,;l,;,l,,l/ri,l = Sp. rl,,tll,'ritt 
raough he orye to Oryit tfaum* iih kewwOb, I Ira* -\>,,.,;irtl<iri<i = It.rariillirin, / l' . niralerie > 
ills lednc [voice lie in owre lordes ere lyke a pye.s i-lnt- -& \i-i.i i i , . 
,.,,,. ,-.,,, /*,., (U),xii. m:i. E - r'ir'ilry, c|. v.), knighthood, horsemanship, < 
I clutter, chirp, and syng. chevalier, a horseman, < chi-rtil, a horse : see 
K.'H'litlt, Flowers of Epigrams, fli'-ral, <-lu:r/il i; and rnrtiliri:] 1. Knighthood; 
chitter- (chit'er), v. i. [Prob. a modification the medieval system of military privileges, with 
of chatter through the influence of shin-r, for- if "" l: "- * *:n J :.4..._u. 
merly chiver; the teeth are said to chatter when 
one shirers with cold. Cf. chitterl.] 1. To 
shiver; shake, as with cold. Ramsay. 2. To 
chatter. [Scotch in both senses.] 
chitter" (chit'er), . [Cf. c/(t4.] 1. In coal- 
win ing, a seam of coal separated from another 
by a thin band of shale or clay. [Leicester- 
shire, Eng.] 2. A thin stratum of clay iron- 
stone. [Derbyshire, Eng.] 
chitterling (chit'er-ling), n. [Also contr. chit- 
liinj (cf. K dial, chittcrs, part of the entrails of 
a goose) ; < MK. cliittrrliinjc, spelled chytyrliiinjr, 
chyterlyng, prob. allied to Sc. kite = LG. kiit, 
kiite, belly: see kite*. Cf. G. kutteln, entrails; 
Goth, kwithus, belly.] 1. In cookery, part of 
its peculiar honorary titles and aristocratic 
limitations of honorable position to the posses- 
sors of those titles, founded upon the several 
degrees of military service rendered on horse- 
back. See knit/lit. 
The age of Chivalry lias gone. An age of Humanity has 
come. The Horse, whose importance, more than human, 
gave the name to that early period of gallantry and war, 
now yields his foremost place to .Man. 
Sumner, Orations, I. 196. 
Chivalry [may be considered] as embo.H im; the .Middle- 
Age conception of the ideal life of the only class outside 
the clergy who had any real power, the knights. 
StilU, Stud. Med. Hist, xii. 
2. That which pertains to knighthood; the 
usages and customs pertaining to the order 
of knighthood; the ideal qualifications of a 
,, j . v*vm. nt ifio, utrii^.j j.. i wnvry, pal t UJ. e 
1 the frill-like small intestine, as of swine, fried knight, collectively, as courtesy, generosity, 
for food; also, a kind of sausage: generally y al .?> . , and . dexterity in arms; the ' 
used in the plural. Also chitting. 
His warped ear hung o'er the strings, 
Which was but souse to chitterlings. 
5. Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 20. 
2f. The frill to the breast of a shirt. 
Of an Italian waist, we make an English petycoate ; of 
a French ruffe, an English chytterling. 
Qascoigne, Delicate Diet for Droonkardes. 
See chitra, 1. 
See chital. 
ideal of 
knighthood. 
Ffor hym be-hoveth to be of soche chiualrU, and so 
a-uenturouse, that he come by hym-self and enquere after 
the seint Oraal that my feire doughter kepeth. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), Ui. 520. 
The glory of our Troy doth this day lie 
On liis fair worth, and single chivalry. 
Shak., T. and C., iv. 4. 
chittyl (chit'i), a. [< chift + -yl.] 1. Full 
of chits or sprouts. 2f. Afflicted with warts or 
pimples. 
chitty 2 t (chit'i), a. [< chit* + -yl.] Childish ; 
like a pert young girl. 
chittys, . See chitft. 
chitty-facet, a. See chitty-faced?. 
chitty-facedif (ohit'i-fast), a. [< chittyl, 2, + 
face + -ed 2 .] Pimply-faced. 
chitty-faced 2 t, chitty-facet (chit'i-fast, -fas), 
a. [Appar. < chittyl + faced, face.] Having a 
childish face ; baby-faced. 
The peaking, chitty-face page. 
Matun'ngfr, Virgin-Martyr, ii. 1. 
chivachet, chivachiet, . See chevachie. 
They differ from all other mollusks in having a bilater- T,,-_.il'-_' ' _i . i /\ r / -r\ 
ally symmetrical body covered with a number (in typical CniValresque (shiv-al-resk ), a. [< F. chevale- 
forms 8) of separate overlapping plates or valves, thus ex- resque (= Cat. caballeresc = Sp. caballeresco 
hibiting the nearest approach to the vermiform or articu- = It. cavalleresco), < chevalerie, chivalry, + 
lated type of structure. There are no eyes and no tenta- einttf ~\ PortainiTi< nr ralatlnrr +/\ alilmli^ri 
cles, and the gills and kidneys are paired. The species are J^^^^^JSJ^^f, to^*^ ' 
chiton wan,,,. 
chiton vinos. 
numerous, and are found all over the world adhering to 
rocks like limpets. The leading genera are Chiton and 
Cryptoplax. Also called Chitonacea. 
chitra (chit'ra), n. [Hind., < Skt. chitra, bright, 
variegated, spotted, < y' chit, look at, notice. 
Cf. chital, chintz 1 , chetah.] 1. The spotted 
hog-deer of India. Also spelled chittra. 2. 
[cap.] [NL.] A genus of turtles, of the family 
Trionychida!. C. indica 
characterized by chivalry ; chivalrous. 
Some warrior in a chivalresque romance. 
Mine. D'Arbtay, Diary, vii. 169. 
Kicholas has been called the Don (Juixote of Autocracy ; 
. . . failure and mishap could not shake his faith in his 
ideal, and made no change in his honest, stubborn na- 
ture, which was as loyal and chivalresque as that of the 
ill-fated knight of La Mancha. 
D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 438. 
ffLS 11 - eno , U8 SP 6 - chivalric (shiv'al-rik), a. [< chivalry + -ic.] 
cies, weighing sometimes 240 pounds, found in Partaking of the character of chivalry ; chivaf- 
the Ganges and other rivers. rous ; knightly. 
Chitradae (chit'ra-de), . pi. [NL., < Chitra, His [De Puy's) mind [was] naturally of a chivalric and 
2, + -ado;.] In Gray's system of elassifica- warlike bent. Porter, Hist. Knights of Malta. 
tion, a family of soft-shelled tortoises, typified chivalrous (shiv'al-rus), a. [< ME. chivalrous, 
by the genus Chitra, containing a few southern 
Asiatic and African forms usually referred to 
Trionychidte. The margin of the disk is expanded, flex- 
ible, and without any bones ; the head is depressed ; the 
eyes are near the end of the beak ; the skull is oblong 
and thin, with a forehead longer than the face ; and the 
palate is flat. Preferably written Chitridce. 
chittack (chit'ak), re. [E. Ind.] An Indian 
chivalerous, ehevalrous, < OF. "chevaleros, die- piece cut off. 
valereux (= Pr. cavalairos = Sp. caballeroso = 
Pg. eavattetroso), knightly, < chevalier, knight: 
see chevalier and chivalry.] 1. Pertaining to 
chivalry or knight-errantry. 
In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser, F. Q. 
The chivalry 
That dares the right, and disregards alike 
The yea and nay o' the world. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 202. 
3f. A knightly adventure, exploit, or mode of 
action. 
The! haue doon many feire chiualrics and yoven many 
grcte strokes, that the! ought to be contended and preised 
of all the worlde that ther-of heren speke. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 269. 
Acts more dangerous, but less famous, because they 
were but private chivalries. Sir P. Sidney. 
4. An order or a body of knights ; knights or 
warriors collectively; any company of illus- 
trious warriors. 
The! of the town loste the pray and theire horse, and 
the moste parte of theire chiualrie. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 686. 
The Red-sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew 
Busiris and his Memphian chivalry. 
Milton, P. L., i. 307. 
Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave, 
And charge with all thy chivaln/. 
Campbell, Hohenlinden. 
5. In Eng. law, a tenure of lands by knight's 
service that is, by the condition of perform- 
ing service on horseback, or of performing 
some noble or military service to the lord. See 
knight-service and tenure Court of Chivalry, a 
court established by Edward III. of England, of which the 
lord high constable and the earl marshal of England were 
joint judges. When both judges were present, it took cog- 
nizance of criminal cases, generally in a summary manner ; 
when held before the earl marshal alone, it was merely a 
court of honor. It is now in abeyance, except as repre- 
sented in the Heralds' College by the earl marshal's court. 
Guardian In Chivalry. See guardian. 
foiveH (chiv), n. [A var. of shive. Cf. LG. 
seheve, the shives or fragments of stalk, as of 
hemp or flax, that fall off in dressing.] 1. A 
Give me a chive of your bread, my love, 
A bottle of your wine. 
The Jolly Goshau'k (Child's Ballads, III. 290). 
2. In bot., the filament which supports the an- 
ther of a flower; a stamen. Say. 
" (chiv), n. Same as cive. 
inittaCK (cnit ak), re. [U. Ind.J An Indian A fourth (in Milton's catalogue of names] brings before cmve- icniv;, , same as cive. 
weight about equal to 1 ounce, 17 penny weights, us the splendid phantoms of chivalrous romance, the tro- ChlVO-garllC (chiv'gar'lik), n. Same as cive. 
12 grains troy, in the Bengal bazaars, used as 
a liquid measure. 
Chittagong (chit'a-gong), n. [< Chittagong, a 
district and town of eastern India.] A variety 
of domestic fowl, of large size, belonging to the 
Malayan type. 
chittagong-wood (chit'a-gong-wnd), n. The 
wood of Chickrasaia talnitaris, a fine meliaceous 
tree of India and Burma. It is close-grained, light- 
colored, and elegantly veined, and is much used for cabi- 
net-work. Some other woods receive the same name. 
chittah (chit'il), n. Same as chit. 
phied lists, the embroidered housings, the quaint devices, chlven. n. Same as cheren. 
the haunted forests, the enchanted gardens, the achieve- " ' 
ments of enamoured knights, and the smiles of rescued 
princesses. Macaulay, Milton. 
2. Having the high qualities characteristic or 
supposed to be characteristic of chivalry ; hav- 
ing or exhibiting high courage ; knightly ; gal- 
lant, magnanimous, etc. 
No chyualrus chiftan may chere hym^ ? ^ d^y.*! . 
(chiv' 
lish form of shiver^. 
and n. See chevy. 
[< Chiviatn (see def. 
n. Same as cheven. 
See chevy. 
The most puissant and chivalrous prince that ever ap- SW? z ? lt ' "' An obsolete speilll 
peared since Alexander the Great. Chladlll S figures. See nodal. 
y., B P- L"wth, To Warburton. chladnite (klad'nit), n. [< E. F. F. Chladni 
cmttam-wood (chit am-wud), n. The Khus chivalrously (shiv'al-rns-li), adv. In a chival- (1756-1827), a German writer on acoustics and 
cotinoides, a rare tree of northern Alabama, rous manner or spirit. on meteors, + -ite 2 .] A variety of enstatite, 
with soft light wood of a rich orange color, chivalrousness (shiv'al-rus-nes), n. The qual- consisting of pure magnesium silicate, and oc- 
it is used as material for fences, and yields a ity of being chivalrous ; nobility of spirit ; mag- curring in the meteorite of Bishopville, South 
clear orange dye. nanimity; gallantry. Carolina, which fell in March, 1843. 
