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Chim"ney-breast` (?), n.
(Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from
the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its
projection in the inside of a building only.

Chim"ney-piece` (?), n.
(Arch.) A decorative construction around the opening
of a fireplace.

Chim*pan"zee (ch&ibreve;m*păn"z&esl;; 277),
n. [From the native name: cf. F.
chimpanzé, chimpansé,
chimpanzée.] (Zoöl.) An african
ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes
niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects,
than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four
feet high.

Chin (ch&ibreve;n), n. [AS.
cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel.
kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr.
&?;; cf. Skr. hanu. √232.] 1.
The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point
of the under jaw.


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