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The science which treats of cartilages.
A cartilaginous tumor or growth.
of Chondroma
A steelyard for weighting grain.
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
One of the Chondropterygii.
A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.
The dissection of cartilages.
A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
To wish; to desire; to prefer.
To make a selection; to decide.
To do otherwise.
One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector.
of Choose
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.