CZECH
Czech (chk; 204), n.
1. One of the Czechs.
2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.
CZECHIC
Czech"ic (chk"k), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Czechs. "One Czechic realm." The
Nation.
CZECHS Czechs (chks), n. pl.; sing. Czech. Etym: [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.
D
1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonent. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phoenician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root178, 179, 229.
2. (Mus.)