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or links are eafily brought to feet or inches, or the con- 
trary : the bell way of doing which is this: multiply 
the number of links by fixty-lix, then cut off two figures 
for decimals, and the reft are feet: or multiply links by 
twenty-two for yards, cutting off two figures. 
CHAlN-PUMP. See Pump. 
CHAIN-SHOT, two bullets united by a chain. They 
are ufed at fea to bring down yards or mails, and to cut 
tlielhrouds or rigging of a fliip.—In fea-figlits, oftentimes, 
a buttock the brawn of the thigh, and the calf of the 
leg, are torn off by the chain-fhot. Wifeman. 
CHAIN-WALES, or Channels, of a fhip. See Na¬ 
val Architecture. 
CHA'INWORK, f Work with open fpaces like the 
links of a chain.—Nets of cbequerwork, and wreaths of 
chainwork , for the chapiters which were upon the tops of 
the pillars, i Kings . 
CHAIN GY', a town of France, in the deparment of 
the Loiret: five miles weft of Orleans. 
CH AIR, /. [chaire, Fr.] A moveable feat.—If a chair 
be de fined a feat for a fingle perfon, with a back belong¬ 
ing to it, then a flool is a feat for a fingle perfon, without 
a back. Watts. —A feat of juftice, or of authority : 
The honour’d gods 
Keep Rome in lafety, and the chairs of juftice 
Supply with worthy men. Sbakefpearc. 
A vehicle borne by men ; a fedan. 
CHA'IRMAN, f. The prefident of an affembly.—In 
aflemblies generally one perfon is cliofen chairman or mo¬ 
derator, to keep the feveral fpeakers to the rules of order. 
Watts .—One whofe trade it is to carry a chair: 
Troy chairmen bore the wooden fteed. 
Pregnant with Greeks, impatient to be freed ; 
Thofe bully Greeks, who, as the moderns do, 
Inftead of paying chai rmen, run them through. Swift. 
CHAIS (Charles), born in 1701, at' Geneva. The 
church was chofen for his profefii on ; and in the miniftry 
his reputation as a preacher and an orator foon became 
fo popular and extenfive, that in 172S he was elected paf- 
tor at the Hague. His conduct in this eftablilhment, 
while it contributed to his own reputation, redounded no 
lei’s to the honour of thofe who had appointed him. Hav¬ 
ing adorned his miniftry by the purity of his manners, 
the excellency of the difcourfes which he delivered from 
the pulpit, and his numerous writings in defence of re¬ 
vealed religion, he died in 1786, at the age of 85, after 
having punctually difcharged his duty as a pallor during 
the period of fifty-eight years. The unfortunate fup- 
ported by his conlolation, the youth enlightened by his 
inftrudlions, and the poor fuccoured by his charity, la¬ 
menting the lofs which they had fuftained by the death 
of a benefadlor and a friend, proved more eloquent at- 
teftations of his merit, than any panegyric which might 
have been pronounced from the lips of the fublimeft ora¬ 
tor. His lermons were diftinguilhed by a perfpicuous 
ftyle and a pure morality. Theyfeemed to flow not only 
from a man who praftiled what he taught, but from one 
who, acquainted with the inmoft recedes of the human 
heart, could exert his eloquence to affedt his hearers, and 
lead them almoft imperceptibly to the paths of virtue and 
religion. His literary excellence confifted in a judicious 
and happy arrangement of his fubjedls, delivered in a 
plain and unaffedted ftyle. He made no pretenfions to 
originality, but he illuilrated the works of other writers, 
by introducing them to his countryman in a language that 
was more familiar to them. He compiled La Sante'Bible, 
with an extenfive commentary, tranflated from the Eng- 
lifh Lnbles, printed at the Hague in 1742, and was continu¬ 
ed till 1777, forming 6 vol. in 4to. The 7th vol. was left 
by the author in MS. and the 8th, which completes this 
valuable Commentary on the Bible, was finifhed, after the 
author’s death, by the Rev. Dr. Macleane, of the Hague; 
Vol. IV. No. 179. 
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and the whole was republiflied, with a learned preface, 
introduction, and an account of the author’s life, at 
Utrecht, in 1790. 2. Le fens literal de l’Ecriture Sainte, 
traduit de l’Anglois de Stackhoufe in 8vo. 3 vol. 1751. 
A la Haye. 3. Lettres liiftoriques et dogmatiques lur 
les Jubiles, 1750, 1751, 3 tom. 8vo., ala Haye. 4. The- 
ologie de l’Ecriture S. ou la Science du Salut, comprile 
dans une ample colledlion de paflages du V. & N. Tella- 
ment; a.la Haye 1752, 2 tom. 8vo. Befides thefe works 
he fuperintended the publication of the Hiftory of France 
by the prefident Hainault, which was publilhed at the 
Hague in 1747, 8vo. He was befides engaged as a 
writer in the Bibliotheque hiftorique, which was begun 
at the Hague in 1738, and alfo contributed fome articles 
in the Bibliotheque des Sciences et Beaux Arts. 
CHAISE (Father dela), a jefuit of uncommon abilities, 
confeflor to Louis XIV. born at Forez in the province of 
Lyons about 1626. He gave early indications of an ex¬ 
cellent wit when he was atfchool, and performed his phi- 
lofophical exercifes under father de Vaux, When he was 
arrived at a proper age, he was ordained pried ; and be¬ 
came profeflor of divinity in the college of Lyons. He 
fpent a good deal of time in Paris, where his great ad- 
drefs, his wit, and love of letters, made him almoft uni- 
verfally known: and in 1663, cardinal Mazarine intro¬ 
duced him to the king, as a perfon of whofe great abili- 
lities and merit he was well convinced. In 1675, he was 
made confeflor to the king; and about ten years after, 
was the principal adviier and director of his marriage 
with madame de Maintenon. Louis XIV. was then arriv¬ 
ed at an age when confeflors have more than an ordinary 
influence : and la Chaii'e found himfelf a minifter of Hate, 
without expecting, and almoft before he perceived it. 
He did bufinefs regularly with the king, and immediately 
law all the lords and all the prelates at his feet. He died 
January 1709, and pofleiTed to the very laft fo great a 
Hi are -of favour and efteem with the king, that his majefty 
confulted him upon his death-bed about the choice of 
his fuccefior. 
CHAISE,/ [chafe, Fr.] A carriage of pleafure.—In¬ 
ftead of the chariot he might have faid the chafe of go¬ 
vernment ; for a chafe is driven by the perfon that fits in 
it. Addifon .—Aurelius Vidlor relates, that Trajan firll in¬ 
troduced the ufe of poft-cliaifes: but the invention is ge¬ 
nerally afcribed to Auguftus ; and was probably only im¬ 
proved by Trajan, and fucceeding emperors. See Coach. 
CHAISE (La) a town of France, in the department 
of the North Coaft, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftridl of Loudeac : five miles fouth-eaft of Loudeac. 
CHAISE DIEU (La), a town of France in the depart¬ 
ment of the Upper Loire, and chief place of a canton, 
in the diltriCt of Brioude : thirteen miles Brioude, and 
eighteen north-north-well le Puy. 
CHAISE le VICOMTE (La), a town of France, in the 
department of the Vendee, and chief place of a canton, 
in the diftridl of La Roche-fur-Yon : five miles ealt of 
La Roche. 
CHA'JUK, a town of Alia, in the country of Charafm, 
on the frontiers of Grand Bukharia. 
CHA'KEN KAN, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the 
province of Caramania : twenty miles north-north-eaft 
of Tarfus. 
CHAKE'NI-KOUZEY, a town of Alia, in the king¬ 
dom of Candahar : 120 mileseaft-north-eaft of Candahar. 
CHA'LA, a fmall feaport of South America, in the 
Pacific Ocean, near the river Arequipa. 
CHALA'BRE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Aude, and chief place of a canton, in the diilrift 
of Limoux: ten miles fouth-well of Limoux. 
CHALAIN', oi-La Potherie, a town of France, in 
the department of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place 
of a canton, in the diftrift of Seagre : leven leagues north- 
weft of Angers. 
CH ALAI'S, a town of France, in the department of 
the Charente; five miles weft of Aubeterre. 
U CHALAMO'NT 
