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Show G A Cied 3. A claimant; one that requires fome Were the grac'd perfon of our Banquo prefent Whom I may rather challenge for unkindnefs Shakefpeare 4. [Inlaw. To object to the impartialit of any one. [See the noun. Though only twelve are fworn, yet twenty-fou are to be returned, to fupply the defedts or wan of appearance of thofe that are ¢hallenged off, o Hale make default 5. To claim as due That divine order, whereby the pre-eminenc of chiefeft acceptation is by the beft things worthily challenged Hooker Which of you, thall we fay, doth love us moft That we our largeft bounty may cxten ‘Where nature doth with merit challenge. Shakefp And fo much duty as my mother fhew' Te you, preferring you before her father So much I challenge, that I may profefl Due to the Moor, my lord Shakefpeare Had you notbeen their father, thefe white flake Did challenge pity of them Shakefpeare So when a tyger fucks the bullock's blood A famifh'd lion, iffuing from the wood Roars loudly fierce, and challenges the food. Dryd Haft thou yet drawn o'er young Juba That ®ill would recommend thee more to Czfar And challenge better terms Addifon 6. To call any one to the performance o conditions I will now challenge you of your promife t give me certain rules as to the principles of blaZONrY Peacham on Drawing €HA'LLENGE. 7. /. [from the verb. 1. A fummons to combat I never in my lif Did hear a challenge urg'd more modeftly 2. A demand of fomething as due Shak Taking for his younglings cark Left greedy eyes to them might challenge lay Bufy with oker did their thoulders mark. Sidney There muft be no challenge of fuperiority, or dif countenancing of freedom Collzer of Eriendfbip 3. [Inlaw. An exception taken eithe againft perfons or things ; perfons, as i aflize to the jurours, or any one or mor of them b th prifone a th bar Challenge made to the jurours, is eithe made to the array, or to the polls : challenge made to the array, is when th whol numbe is excepte againft C a challenger publick difputation CHALY BEATE there are of trial adj He took the fummons, void.of fear 4And unconcernedly cait his eyes around As if to find and dare the griefly challengers Lryd 2. One that claims- fuperiority Whofe wort Stood challenger on mount of all the age " ¥or her.perfeétions Shak J/}'L'fll't'a Humbly complaining to her deity Got my lord chamberlain his liberty Shakefpeare He was made lord fteward, that the ftaff o chamberlain might be put into the hands of hi brother Clarendon A patriot is a fool in every age Whom all lord chamberlains allow the ftage. Pope by fom Hooker [from chalybs, Lat fteel.] Impregnated with iron or fteel having the qualities of fteel The diet ought to ftrengthen the folids, allowing fpices and wine, and the ufe of chalybeat waters Arbuthrot on Diet CHAMA'DE. n. /. [French. The bea of the drum which declares a furrender 3. A fervant wh chambers foff¢, in order to attack them CHA'MBER Lat. fambr Bid them come forth, and hear me Or at their chamber door I'll beat the drum Till it cry, Sleep to death Shakefpeare When we have mark'd with blood thofe fleep two Of his own chamber Shakefpeare A natural cave in a rock may have fomethin not much unlike to parlours or chambers Bentley 2. Any retired room Th dark caves of death, and chamber grave 3. Any cavity or hollow of th Prior 4. A court of juftice Imperia chambe this vulgar anfwer i not admitted, wiz.I do not believe it, as the matte is propounded and alleged Ayliffe's Parergon 5. The lower part of a gu charge is lodged 6. A fpecies of great gun Names give chambers wher th them, as cannons, demi-cannons arquebufe, mufket, &c Camdern's Remains 7. 'The cavity where the powder is lodge in a mine 7o CHaA'MBER. @. 7. [from the noun. 1. To be wanton ; to intrigue Let us walk honeftly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in chambering and wantonnefs Romans he difpofes of the fword of ftate ; unde hi ar th gentlema uthe Shakefpeare When Duncan is afleep, his two chamberlain We will with wine and waflel convince Shakefp. He ferv'd at firft Amilia's chamberlain Dryden's Fables 4 A receiver of rents an revenues as chamberlain of the exchequer, of Chefter, of the city of London Chambers Cua'MBERLAINSHIP. 7 /. [from cham- berlain.] The office of a chamberlain CHa'MBERMAID, 7. /. [from chamber and maid. A maid whofe bufinefs is t drefs a lady, and wait in her chamber Men will not hifs The chambermaid was named Cifs Ben Fonfon Some coarfe country wench, almoft decay'd Petit has, from an examination of the figure o the eye, argued againft the poflibility of a film' exiftence in the pofteriour chamber Sharp In th of th Think'ft tho n. /. [chambre, Fr. camera I. An apartment in a houfe; generall ufed for thofe appropriated to lodging car Will put thy fhirt on warm Addifon Welih. th "That the bleak air, thy boifterous chamberlain they beat the cha made, and fent us charte blanche ha SeveralFrench battalions made a thew of refiftance; but, upon our preparing to fill up a littl partially empannelled; challenge to or by the poll, 1s when fome one or mor are excepted againft, as not indifferent : 2. To refide as in the chamber The beft blood chamber'd in his bofom challenge to the jurours is divided int Shak challenge principal, and challenge for CHA'MBERER. n /. [from chamber. man of intrigue caufe : challenge principal is that whic I have not thofe foft parts of converfation the law allows without caufe alleged That chamberers have Shake[peare or farther examination ; as a prifoner a Cua'MBERFELLOW. 7. /[ [from chambe the bar, arraigned upon felony, ma and f2/low.] One that lies in the fam peremptorily challenge to the number o chamber twenty, one after another, of the jur It is my fortune to have a chamberfellozv, wit empannelled upon him, alleging n whom I agree very well in many fentiments caufe Spectator Cowell You are mine enemy, I make my challenge Cua'MBERLAIN. 2./. [from chamber. You fhall not be my judge Shakefpeare 1. Lord great chamberlain of England i Cra'LLENGER. 2. /. [from challenge. the fixth officer of the crown ; a confi1. One ;%at defies or {fummons another-t derable part of his fancion is at a coccmbat ronation ; to him belongs the provifio Young man, have you challenged Charles th o ev r thing in the houfe of lords wreftler ? No, fair princets; he is the general ckallengers Shak Death was denounc'd the king's chambers, except the preciné of the bedchamber Chambers thing as of right Earnef of th black rod, yeomen uthers, and doorkeepers. - To this office the duke o Ancafter makes an hereditary claim Cfié‘fli}‘l 55‘7‘5 2. Lord chamberlain of the houfehold ha the Gverfight of all officers belonging t Trudges to town, and firft turns chambermaid. Pope When he doubted whether a word were intelligible or no, he ufed to confult one of his lady' chambermaids Savift If thefe nurfes ever prefume to entertain th girls with the common follies practifed by chambermaids among us, they are publickly whipped Savift Z0 CEA"MBLET. v. a. [from camelot. Se Cameror.] To vary; to variegate Som hav the vein mor varie an cham bleted5 as oak, whereof wainfcot is made Bacon's Natural Hiftory Cua"MBRE of@ borfe. The joint or bend ing of the upper part of the hinder leg Forrier's Di& CHAME 'LEON n [Xa'rv.a'u?\ew. The chameleon has four feet, and on each foo three claws Its tail is long; with this, as wel as with its feet, it faftens itfelf to the branches o trees Its tail is flat, its nofe long, ending in a obtufe point; its back is fharp, its fkin plaited and jagged like a faw from the neck to the laf joint of the tail, and upon its head it has fomething like a comb; like a fith, it has no neck Some have afferted, that it lives only upon air bu it ha been obferve to feed on flies, catche with its tongue, which is about ten inches long and three thick; made of white fleth; round, bu flat at the end; or hollow and open, refemblin an elephant's trunk It alfo fhrinks, and grow longer This animal is faid to afiume the coloa of thofe things to which it is applied; but ou modern obfervers affure us, that its natural colour, when at reft and in the thade is a bluith grey though fome are yellow, and others green, but bot of a finaller kind. When it i expoied to the fun the grey changes into a darker grey, inclining to dun colour; and its parts, which have leait of th light apon them, are changed into fpots of different colours The grain of its kip, when th light doth not fhine upon it, is like cloth mixe with many colours Sometimes, when it is hand led, it feems fpeckled with dark fpots, inclinin to green 1If it be put upon a black hat, it ap pears to be of a viole colour and fometimes i it be wrapped up in linen, it is white; but i changes colour only in fome.parts of the ba ordinar lizard; his hea unproport and his eyes great ; he moveth hi writhing of kis' |