Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..

Chaudron :: Chaudron (n.) See Chawdron.

Chauffer :: Chauffer (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Chaun :: Chaun (n.) A gap.

Chaun :: Chaun (v. t. & i.) To open; to yawn.

Chaunt :: Chaunt (n. & v.) See Chant.

Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey..

Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3..

Chaunterie :: Chaunterie (n.) See Chantry.

Chaus :: Chaus (n.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

Chausses :: Chausses (n. pl.) The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail..

Chaussure :: Chaussure (n.) A foot covering of any kind.

Chauvinism :: Chauvinism (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism..

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

Dishaunt :: Dishaunt (v. t.) To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt.

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Echauguette :: Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle..

Eschaunge :: Eschaunge (n.) Exchange.

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

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