English English Dictionary

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Small stones with ore.

A castle or a fortress in France.

A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.

A little castle.

Same as Castellany.

of Chateau

A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.

of Chat

Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

To make a noise by rapid collisions.