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Choc"taws (?), n. pl.; sing.
Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of
North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times
noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace
with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes
of the Indian Territory.

Chode (chōd), the old
imp. of chide. See
Chide.

Chog"set (?), n.
(Zoöl.) See Cunner.

Choice (chois), n. [OE.
chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth.
kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G.
kiesen. √46. Cf. Choose.] 1.
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the
determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another;
election.

2. The power or opportunity of choosing;
option.

Choice there is not, unless the thing which
we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.


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