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||Chi*ra"gra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
&?;; &?; hand + &?; seizure.] (Med.) Gout in the
hand.

Chi*rag"ric*al (?), a. Having
the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir.
T. Browne.

||Chi*ret"ta (?), n. [Hind.
chirāītā.] A plant (Agathotes
Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal
properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and
febrifuge.

Chirk (?), v. i. [Cf. Chirp,
also Creak.] 1. To shriek; to gnash;
to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.]

All full of chirkyng was that sorry
place.

Cheucer.

2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Chirk, v. t. To cheer; to
enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng.
]

Chirk, a. [From Chirk,
v. i.] Lively; cheerful; in good
spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]

Chirm (?), v. i. [Cf. AS.
cyrman, cirman, to cry out. √24 Cf.
Chirp.] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a
bird.


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