Cheroot
(Che*root") n. [Tamil shuru&tsdot&tsdotu, prop., a roll.] A kind of cigar, originally brought
from Manila, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
Cherry
(Cher"ry) n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe
with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry of which several hundred varieties are cultivated
for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello,
May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina valued for its timber;
P. Virginiana an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees
2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes. — Cherry bird (Zoöl.), an American bird; the cedar bird; —
so called from its fondness for cherries. — Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar. — Cherry
brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. — Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub
(Prunus Lauro- cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of
bitter almonds. — Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit. — Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak.
(b) A cherry stone. — Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. — Cherry sucker
(Zoöl.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); — called also cherry chopper cherry snipe.
— Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. — Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
Cherry
(Cher"ry) a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
Chersonese
(Cher"so*nese) n. [Gr. cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos island.] A peninsula; a
tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the
Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
Chert
(Chert) n. [Ir. ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.] (Min.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or
hornstone, of a dull color.
Cherty
(Chert"y) a. Like chert; containing chert; flinty.
Cherub
(Cher"ub) n.; pl. Cherubs (#); but the Hebrew plural Cherubim (#) is also used. [Heb. kerub.]
1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel
i. and x.
I knew that they were the cherubim.
Ezek. x. 20.
He rode upon a cherub and did fly.
Ps. xviii. 10.
2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish
Ark and Temple. Ez. xxv. 18.
3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been
shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim and in later art the children's
heads with wings are generally called cherubs.
4. A beautiful child; — so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.
