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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Membered :: Membered (a.) Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..
Cadillac :: Cadillac (n.) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking..
Done :: Done (a.) Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.
Landscape :: Landscape (n.) A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc..
Iguana :: Iguana (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits..
Primary :: Primary (a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance..
Mitter''s Green :: Mitter's green () A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium..
Archprelate :: Archprelate (n.) An archbishop or other chief prelate.
Amic :: Amic (a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid..
Frost :: Frost (v. i.) The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
Eschevin :: Eschevin (n.) The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.
Chief-justiceship :: Chief-justiceship (n.) The office of chief justice.
Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required..
Said :: Said (a.) Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.
Scutum :: Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry..
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
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..
Reelection :: Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief..
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