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chasse
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Chass'e
(gcide) | Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\ (sh[.a]s`s[asl]"), n. [F., fr. chass['e],
p. p. of chasser to chase.]
1. A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
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2. A gliding step in dancing in which one foot is kept in
front of the other while moving.
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Chass'e
(gcide) | Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\, v. i. (Dancing)
To make the movement called chass['e]; as, all chass['e];
chass['e] to the right or left.
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Chasse
(gcide) | Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]]
A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser."
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chasse
(wn) | chasse
n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
[syn: chasse, sashay]
v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay] |
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Chass'e
(gcide) | Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\ (sh[.a]s`s[asl]"), n. [F., fr. chass['e],
p. p. of chasser to chase.]
1. A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
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2. A gliding step in dancing in which one foot is kept in
front of the other while moving.
[PJC]Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\, v. i. (Dancing)
To make the movement called chass['e]; as, all chass['e];
chass['e] to the right or left.
[1913 Webster]Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]]
A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser."
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Chasse
(gcide) | Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\ (sh[.a]s`s[asl]"), n. [F., fr. chass['e],
p. p. of chasser to chase.]
1. A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
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2. A gliding step in dancing in which one foot is kept in
front of the other while moving.
[PJC]Chass'e \Chas`s['e]"\, v. i. (Dancing)
To make the movement called chass['e]; as, all chass['e];
chass['e] to the right or left.
[1913 Webster]Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]]
A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser."
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Chasse-caf'e
(gcide) | Chasse-caf'e \Chasse`-ca`f['e]"\ (sh[.a]s` k[.a]`f[asl]"), n.
[F., fr. chasser to chase + caf['e] coffee.]
See Chasse, n., above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]]
A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser."
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chasse-caf'e
(gcide) | Chasse-caf'e \Chasse`-ca`f['e]"\ (sh[.a]s` k[.a]`f[asl]"), n.
[F., fr. chasser to chase + caf['e] coffee.]
See Chasse, n., above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]]
A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser."
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Chasselas
(gcide) | Chasselas \Chas"se*las\, n. [F., from the village of Chasselas.]
A white grape, esteemed for the table.
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Chasse-mar'ee
(gcide) | Chasse-mar'ee \Chasse`-ma`r['e]e"\, n. [F., fr. chasser to chase
+ mar['e]e tide.] (Naut.)
A French coasting lugger.
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Chassepot
(gcide) | Chassepot \Chasse`pot"\, n. [From the French inventor, A. A.
Chassepot.] (Mil.)
A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved
needle gun.
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Chasseur
(gcide) | Chasseur \Chas`seur"\, n. [F., a huntsman. See Chase to
pursue.]
1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry,
trained for rapid movements.
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2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a
plume and sword.
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The great chasseur who had announced her arrival.
--W. Irving.
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cor de chasse
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
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French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
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golden chasselas
(gcide) | Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
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