Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume C

A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed.

Chab (chăb), n. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

Chab"a·site (kăb"·sīt), Cab"a·zite (kăb"·zīt), n. [Gr. χαβαζιοσ one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Περι*λιθων, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.

Cha·blis" (sh·blē"), n. [F.] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.

Cha·bouk", Cha·buk" (?), n. [Hind. chābuk horsewhip.] A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.

Chace (?), n. See 3d Chase, n., 3.

Chace, v. t. To pursue. See Chase v. t.

Cha`cha·la"ca (?), n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zoöl.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]

Chack (chăk), v. i. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Chac"ma (?), n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

Cha·conne" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.