Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle..

Cherished :: Cherished (imp. & p. p.) of Cheris.

Cherisher :: Cherisher (n.) One who cherishes.

Cherishment :: Cherishment (n.) Encouragement; comfort.

Cherising :: Cherising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheris.

Chermes :: Chermes (n.) See Kermes.

Cherogril :: Cherogril (n.) See Cony.

Cherokees :: Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes..

Cheroot :: Cheroot (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone.

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France)..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry..

Cherry :: Cherry (a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks..

Chersonese :: Chersonese (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea..

Chert :: Chert (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color..

Cherty :: Cherty (a.) Like chert; containing chert; flinty.

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x..

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs..

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.

Cherubic :: Cherubic (a.) Alt. of Cherubica.

Cherubical :: Cherubical (a.) Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.

Cherubim :: Cherubim (pl. ) of Cheru.

Cherubim :: Cherubim (n.) The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.

Cherubin :: Cherubin (a.) Cherubic; angelic.

Cherubin :: Cherubin (n.) A cherub.

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