1. A cabbage.
2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.
3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.
CHOUAN
Chou"an, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution.
CHOUGH
Chough, n. Etym: [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceó;
cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chaha; perh. akin to E. caw. *22. Cf. Caddow.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; — also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; — called also aylet and sea swallow.
CHOUICHA
Chou"i*cha, n. Etym: [Native name] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.
CHOUKA
Chou"ka, n. Etym: [Native name] (Zoöl.)