chaux, n.f., lime; limestone; (chem.) calx, lime. — éteinte; slaked lime. — vive; quicklime. Pierre à —; limestone. Donner un blanc de —; (mas.) to give a coat of whitewash. Être fait à — et à ciment, or à — et à mortier; to be well and solidly done.
chavirement, n.m., capsizing, upsetting.
chavirer, v.n., to capsize, to upset.
chavirer, v.a., to turn upside down; to turn inside out.
chebec, n.m., (nav.) xebec.
chef, n.m., chief, head, commander, conductor, master, principal, ringleader, foreman (of a jury); fag-end (of a piece of linen); (nav.) end of a cable; (med.) tail of a bandage. En —; in chief. — de bureau; senior clerk. — de cabinet; head of a department. — d’état-major; chief of the staff. — d’état major-général; quarter-master-general. — de musique; band-master. — d’orchestre; musical-director. — de parti; party-leader. — de pièce; captain of a gun. — de rayon; (com.) head of a department. — de train; railway guard. — de famille; head of a house. — de cuisine; master-cook. — d’accusation; count of indictment, charge. Faire quelque chose de son —; to do a thing on one’s own responsibility. De son —; in one’s own right.
chef-d’œuvre (shè-deuvr), n.m., (—s-—) trial piece; master-piece; master-stroke.
☉chefecier. V. chevecier.
chef-lieu, n.m., (—s-—x) chief residence; head-quarters, chief town; county-town.
chégros, n.m., shoemaker’s thread or end, cobbler’s-ends, wax end.