chaise and four NOUN a closed four-wheel carriage pulled by four horses he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

chamberlain NOUN the main servant in a household In those times a bed was always to be got there at any hour of the night, and the chamberlain, letting me in at his ready wicket, lighted the candle next in order on his shelf (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

characters NOUN distinguishing marks Impressed upon all forms the characters (The Prelude by William Wordsworth)

chary ADJ cautious I should have been chary of discussing my guardian too freely even with her (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

cherishes VERB here cherishes means cheers or brightens some philosophic song of Truth that cherishes our daily life (The Prelude by William Wordsworth)

chickens’ meat PHRASE chickens’ meat is an old term which means chickens’ feed or food I had shook a bag of chickens’ meat out in that place (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

chimeras NOUN a chimera is an unrealistic idea or a wish which is unlikely to be fulfilled with many other wild impossible chimeras (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

chines NOUN chine is a cut of meat that includes part or all of the backbone of the animal and they found hams and chines uncut (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

chits NOUN chits is a slang word which means girls I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits! (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)

chopped VERB chopped means come suddenly or accidentally if I had chopped upon them (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

chute NOUN a narrow channel One morning about day-break, I found a canoe and crossed over a chute to the main shore (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

circumspection NOUN careful observation of events and circumstances; caution I honour your circumspection (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

clambered VERB clambered means to climb somewhere with difficulty, usually using your hands and your feet he clambered up and down stairs (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

clime NOUN climate no season knows nor clime (The Sun Rising by John Donne)

clinched VERB clenched the tops whereof I could but just reach with my fist clinched (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

close chair NOUN a close chair is a sedan chair, which is an covered chair which has room for one person. The sedan chair is carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind persuaded even the Empress herself to let me hold her in her close chair (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

clown NOUN clown here means peasant or person who lives off the land In ancient days by emperor and clown (Ode on a Nightingale by John Keats)