1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
2. See Shoot.
CHUTNEY; CHUTNEE
Chut"ney, Chut"nee, n. Etym: [Hind. chatni.]
Defn: A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.
CHYLACEOUS
Chy*la"ceous, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
CHYLAQUEOUS
Chy*la"que*ous, a. Etym: [Chyle + aqueous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; — said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.
CHYLE Chyle, n. Etym: [NL. chylus, Gr. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.