 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 308 pages
...Chevaux-de-Fri'se, ¡. a military fence com«•'itrc beasts are bunted; hunting itself ; j posedof a piece of timber, traversed with, wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or »ix feet long, used in defendjnga passage ortourniciuet; a kind of trimming CheVen, i. a river fish,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 308 pages
...з gallant man , ChevwiK-de-Fri'iC, i. a military fente co¡nposcd of a piece of timber, travers^j with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long, used in defending a p-^sagc or tourniquet; a kind of trimming Chev'en, ia river fish, the same with chub Chev'eril, s.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1807 - 1108 pages
...colour. CHEVALIER, shev-a-leer'. s. (352). A knight. CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE, sh4v-o-de-frWze'. s. (352). A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHEVEN, tsheVvn. s. (103). A river fish, the sain> with chub. CHEVERIL,... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1806 - 636 pages
...CHEVALIER, shèv-â-lèèr'. s. (352) A knight. CHEVAUX-DF.-FRISE, shèv-ô-dèfrèè/.c'. s. (352) A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long ; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHEVEN, tshèv'vn. s. (юз) A river liih, the same with chub. CHEVERIL,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1812 - 808 pages
...reddishly brown. CH E'STON, s. A kind of plum. CHErjLI'ER.1. A knight. Stekeifeart. CHEVA'UX dt Prite, i. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long ; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHE'VEN, s. [cfcvwne, Fr.] A liver fish, the same with the chub. CHE'VRIL,«.... | |
 | Burgiss Allison - English language - 1815 - 430 pages
...». a sort of fruit. Chevalier, shev-n-lecr'. a. a knight. Chevaiix-de-frise, ehèv-6-dè-ftèèze'. s. a piece of timber traversed with Wooden spikes,...five or six feet long, used in defending a passage. [leather. Cheveiï!, tshe.v'èr-îl. s. a Kid, kidt'o Cliew, tshóó- va to grind with the teeth, to... | |
 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1819 - 800 pages
...brown colour. CHEVALIER, shiVa-leer'. s. 3.v:. A knight. CHEVAUX-DE-FR1SE, shcv-6-de-frecze'. s. 352. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHEVEN, tsheVvn. s. 103. A river fish, the same with chub. CHEVERIL, tsheVer-il.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1822 - 710 pages
...colour. CHEVALIER, sli.;v-;VliV-i ,' a. 352. A knight. CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE, shev-i-de-friizej >• 352. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long ; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHEVEN, tsbJvivn, i. 103. A river fish, the nine with chub. CHEVERIL, tsluV-IVil,... | |
 | John Walker - Bible - 1823 - 808 pages
...brown colour. CHEVALIER, .hev-n-Uer1. «. S5Z. A knight. CHKVAUX-DE-FRISE, ihev-o-de-fr*e»e'. i. 3j2. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed...five or six feet long ; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. CHEVEN, tshev'vn. i. 109. A river fit*, the same with chub. Cl I EV ERI... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 468 pages
...Anatomy, the cavity of the body from the shoulders to the belly. CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE. In F«rtification, a piece of timber, traversed with wooden spikes pointed with iron, five or six feet long, used to surround an enclosure or defend a passage. CHEVRON. In Heraldry, one of the honourable ordinaries... | |
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A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long ; used in defending a passage, a turnpike, or tourniquet. 
