Definition of chief

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Chief (n.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs..

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Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Mop :: Mop (v. t.) To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief..
Napkin :: Napkin (n.) A handkerchief.
Chief-justiceship :: Chief-justiceship (n.) The office of chief justice.
Leave :: Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go..
Superiority :: Superioress (n.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior..
Witch :: Witch (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child..
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Cyme :: Cyme (n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms..
Cazic :: Cazic (n.) A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
March :: March (n.) A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales..
Soot :: Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..
Jerusalem :: "Jerusalem (n.) The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A head, or chief officer.
Primary :: Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter..
Pika :: Pika (n.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare..
Industrious :: Industrious (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker..
Sylvicoline :: Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species)..
Chiefrie :: Chiefrie (n.) A small rent paid to the lord paramount.
Skinny :: Skinny (a.) Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh..
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