Band books

2. The head cook of large establishment,
as a club, a family, etc.

3. (Her.) Same as
Chief.

||Chef`-d'œuvre" (?), n.;
pl. Chefs-d'œuvre (#). [F.] A
masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

{ Cheg"oe (?), Cheg"re (?) },
n. See Chigoe.

Chei"lo*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. &?; a
lip + -plasty.] (Surg.) The process of forming
an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a
piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring
part.

||Chei*lop"o*da (?), n. [NL.]
(Zoöl.) See Chilopoda.

Chei*rop"ter (?), n.
(Zoöl.) One of the Cheiroptera.

||Chei*rop"te*ra (k>isl/*r&obreve;p"t&etilde;r),
n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand +
ptero`n wing.] (Zoöl.) An order of
mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the
anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can
be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

Chei*rop"ter*ous (?), a.


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