CHAUTAUQUA SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
Chau*tau"qua sys"tem of education.
Defn: The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent.
CHAUVINISM Chau"vin*ism, n. Etym: [F. chauvinisme, from Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815.]
Defn: Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete
cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
— Chau"vin*ist, n.
— Chau`vin*is"tic (, a.
Note: To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. Prof. H. Tuttle.
CHAVENDER
Chav"en*der, n. Etym: [Cf. Cheven.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chub. Walton.
CHAW
Chaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.] Etym:
[See Chew.]
1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit. The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. Surrey.
2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. Dryden.