Chick
[tʃɪk]
Definition
(v. i.) To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.
(n.) A chicken.
(n.) A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.
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Definition
n. the young of fowls esp. of the hen: a child as a term of endearment.—ns. Chick′a-bid′dy Chick′-a-did′dle terms of endearment addressed to children; Chick′en the young of birds esp. of the hen: its flesh: a child: a faint-hearted person; Chick′en-haz′ard a game at dice (see Hazard); Chick′en-heart a cowardly person.—adj. Chick′en-heart′ed.—ns. Chick′en-pox a contagious febrile disease chiefly of children and bearing some resemblance to a very mild form of small-pox; Chick′ling a little chicken; Chick′weed a species of stitchwort and one of the most common weeds of gardens and cultivated fields—for making poultices and for feeding cage-birds which are very fond of its leaves and seeds.—Mother Carey's chicken a sailor's name for the Stormy Petrel; No chicken one no longer young.
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Examples
- You precocious chick! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Aristotle traced with some care the embryological develo pment of the chick from the fourth day of incubation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I always said she was sent to console me for never having chick or child of my own. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A chick, for example, pecks accurately at a bit of food in a few hours after hatching. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As a result, the chick is limited by the relative perfection of its original endowment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was rabbit cooked with onions and green peppers and there were chick peas in the red wine sauce. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You see she is only a feeble chick, observed Mr. Helstone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What do Chick and his family want here at this time of the morning, I wonder! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A piece of muslin or woolen cloth should be next the bottom to prevent burning the chicks. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Keep the heat among the chicks at about 90 deg. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This incubator will hatch chicks, ducks, turkeys, or guineas, and we see no reason why it should not hatch the egg of the ostrich or anything else as well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Let the tank rest on inch boards with no opening under it, but in front; a fringe should hang in front for the chicks to run in and out under the tank. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Chicks hatched by incubators, if rightly cared for, do better than with hens, and are stronger and more vigorous. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Feed the chicks four or five times a day, at first on hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine, giving them also a little milk, fine screenings, and millet seed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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