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Cher"ry (ch&ebreve;r"r&ybreve;), a.
Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a
cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Cher"so*nese (k&etilde;r"s&osl;*nēs),
n. [Gr. cherso`nhsos;
che`rsos land + nh`sos island.] 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 (ch&etilde;rt), n. [Ir.
ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.] (Min.)
An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull
color.


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