Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHUB'BED, or CHUB'BY, a.

Like a chub; short and thick.

CHUB'-FAC-ED, a.

Having a plump round face. – Addison.

CHUCK, n.

1. The voice or call of a hen.
2. A sudden small noise.
3. A word of endearment, corrupted from chick, chicken.

CHUCK, v.i.¹

To make the noise of a hen or partridge, when she calls her chickens.

CHUCK, v.i.²

To jeer; to laugh. [See Chuckle.]

CHUCK, v.t.¹

To call, as a hen her chickens.

CHUCK, v.t.² [Fr. choquer; Russ. chokayu, to strike gently; Port. and Sp. chocar.]

1. To strike or give a gentle blow; as, to chuck one under the chin.
2. To throw, with quick motion, a short distance; to pitch. [Vulgar.]

CHUCK'-FAR-THING, n.

A play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole.

CHUCK'-HOLE, n.

A steep hole in a wagon rut. [Local.]

CHUCK'LE, v.i. [Ch. חון chuck or huk, to laugh. See Class Gk, No. 18, and Giggle.]

To laugh heartily, or convulsively; to shake with laughter, or to burst into fits of laughter.

CHUCK'LE, v.t. [from chuck.]

1. To call, as a hen her chickens.
2. To fondle; to cocker. [Qu. W. cocru. See Cocker.]

CHUCK'LED, pp.

Fondled; called, as by a hen.

CHUCK'LE-HEAD, n.

A vulgar word in America, denoting a person with a large head, a dunce. Bailey says, a rattling, noisy, empty fellow.

CHUCK'LING, ppr.

Fondling; calling, as a hen.

CHUD, v.t.

To champ; to bite. [Not in use.] – Stafford.

CHU'ET, n.

Forced meat. – Bacon.

CHUFF, n. [Perhaps W. cyf, a stock or stem; cyfiaw, to become torpid.]

A clown; a coarse, heavy, dull or surly fellow.

CHUFF'I-LY, adv.

In a rough, surly manner; clownishly.

CHUFF'I-NESS, n.

Surliness.

CHUFF'Y, a.

Blunt; clownish; surly; angry; stomachful. In New England, this word expresses that displeasure which causes a swelling or surly look and grumbling, rather than heat and violent expressions of anger.

CHUK, n.

A word used in calling swine. It is the original name of that animal, which our ancestors brought with them from Persia, where it is still in use, Pers. chuk, Zend. chuk, a hog; Sans. sugara. Our ancestors while in England, adopted the Welsh hwc, hog, but chuck is retained in our popular name of woodchuck, that is wood hog. This is a remarkable proof of the original seat of the Teutonic nations. I have taken chuk from Adelung. The French cochon may be the same word.

CHUM, n. [Arm. chomm, or chommein, or ham, to dwell, stay, or lodge; Fr. chômer, to rest. Qu. Sax. ham, home.]

A chamber fellow; one who lodges or resides in the same room: a word used in colleges.

CHUMP, n.

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood, less than a block. – Johnson.

CHUNK, n.

A short thick piece of wood. [Colloquial.]

CHURCH, n. [Sax. circe, circ, or cyric; Scots, kirk, which retains the Saxon pronunciation; D. kerk; G. kirche; Sw. kyrckia; Dan. kirke; Gr. κυριακον, a temple of God, from κυριακος, pertaining to a Lord, or to our Lord Jesus Christ, from κυριος, a Lord; Russ. tzerkov.]

1. A house consecrated to the worship of God, among Christians; the Lord's house. This seems to be the original meaning of the word. The Greek εκκλησια, from εκκαλεω, to call out or call together, denotes an assembly or collection. But κυριακος, κυριακον, are from κυριος, Lord, a term applied by the early Christians to Jesus Christ; and the house in which they worshiped was named from that title. So κυριακα signifies church goods, bona ecclesiastica; κυριακη, sc. ἠμερα, the Lord's day, dies dominica.
2. The collective body of Christians, or of those who profess to believe in Christ, and acknowledge him to be the Savior of mankind. In this sense, the church is sometimes called, the Catholic or Universal Church. – Johnson. Encyc.
3. A particular number of Christians, united under one form of ecclesiastical government, in one creed, and using the same ritual and ceremonies; as, the English church; the Gallican church; the Presbyterian church; the Romish church; the Greek church.
4. The followers of Christ in a particular city or province; as, the church of Ephesus, or of Antioch.
5. The disciples of Christ assembled for worship in a particular place, as in a private house. Col. iv. [See No. 9.]
6. The worshipers of Jehovah, or the true God, before the advent of Christ; as, the Jewish church.
7. The body of clergy, or ecclesiastics, in distinction from the laity. Hence, ecclesiastical authority. – Encyc.
8. An assembly of sacred rulers convened in Christ's name to execute his laws. – Cruden. Brown.
9. The collective body of Christians, who have made a public profession of the Christian religion, and who are united under the same pastor; in distinction from those who belong to the same parish, or ecclesiastical society, but have made no profession of their faith.