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Chocktaws

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Or Chactaws, a tribe of American Indians, settled to civilised life in the Indian Territory, U.S.; the Chactaw Indian, with his proud array of scalps hung up in his wigwam, is, with Carlyle, the ...

Chlorosis

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Green sickness, a disease incident to young females at a critical period of life, causing a pale-greenish complexion.

Cholula

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An ancient city, 60 m. SE. of Mexico; the largest city of the Aztecs, with a pyramidal temple, now a Catholic church.

Chorley

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A manufacturing town in N. Lancashire, 25 m. NE. of Liverpool, with mines and quarries near it.

Chocolate

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A paste made by grinding the kernels of cocoa-nuts.

Cholet

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A French manufacturing town, 32 m. SW. of Angers.

Cinque Ports

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The five ports of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, to which were added Winchelsea and Rye, which possessed certain privileges in return for supplying the royal power with a navy; the ...