Index of English words, starting with "ch"

(1) - Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]

(1) - Chaste (a.) Unmarried.
(2) - Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
(3) - Chaste (a.) Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
(4) - Chaste (a.) Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

(1) - Chastely (adv.) In a chaste manner; with purity.

(1) - Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
(2) - Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

(1) - Chastener (n.) One who chastens.