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chinook
(encz) | Chinook, |
Chinook
(gcide) | Chinook \Chi*nook"\, n.
1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now
living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of
flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called {Flathead
Indians}.
[1913 Webster]
2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks,
sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains,
in Montana and the adjacent territory.
[1913 Webster]
3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest
proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks)
generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the
northwestern territories of the United States.
[1913 Webster] |
chinook
(wn) | chinook
n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the
Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater]
2: a member of an important North American Indian people who
controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were
organized into settlements rather than tribes
3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: {chinook
salmon}, chinook, king salmon]
4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: Chinookan,
Chinook]
5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon,
quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha] |
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chinook salmon
(encz) | chinook salmon, n: |
chinook wind
(encz) | chinook wind, n: |
chinookan
(encz) | Chinookan, |
Chinook
(gcide) | Chinook \Chi*nook"\, n.
1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now
living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of
flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called {Flathead
Indians}.
[1913 Webster]
2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks,
sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains,
in Montana and the adjacent territory.
[1913 Webster]
3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest
proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks)
generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the
northwestern territories of the United States.
[1913 Webster] |
Chinook State
(gcide) | Chinook State \Chi*nook" State\
Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
chinook jargon
(wn) | Chinook Jargon
n 1: a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English
words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern
North America [syn: Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon] |
chinook salmon
(wn) | chinook salmon
n 1: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: {chinook
salmon}, chinook, king salmon]
2: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon,
quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha] |
chinook wind
(wn) | chinook wind
n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the
Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater] |
chinookan
(wn) | Chinookan
n 1: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn:
Chinookan, Chinook] |
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