erces the thick skin of the foot, and breeds there,
producing great pain. It is neatly extricated with its sac entire by
clever negroes.

CHILLED SHOT. Shot of very rapidly cooled cast-iron, _i.e._ cast in iron
moulds, and thus found to acquire a hardness which renders them of
nearly equal efficiency with steel shot for penetrating iron plates, yet
produced at about one-quarter the price. They invariably break up on
passing through the plates, and their fragments are very destructive on
crowded decks; though in the attack of iron war vessels, where the
demolishment of guns, carriages, machinery, turrets, &c., is required,
the palm must still be awarded to steel shot and shell.

CHIMBE [Anglo-Saxon]. The prominent part or end of the staves, where
they project beyond the head of a cask.

CHIME. _See_ CHINE.

CHIME IN, TO. To join a mess meal or treat. To chime in to a chorus or
song.

CHINCKLE. A small bight in a line.

CHINE. The backbone of a cliff, from the backbones of animals; a name
given in the Isle of Wight, as Black Gang Chine, and along the coasts of
Hampshire. Also, that part of the water-way which is left the thickest,
so as to project above the deck-plank; and it is notched or gouged
hollow in front, to let the water run free.

CHINE AND CHINE. Casks stowed end to end.

CHINED. Timber or plank slightly hollowed out.

CHINGLE. Gravel. (_See_ SHINGLE.)

CHINGUERITO. A hot and dangerous sort of white corn brandy, made in
Spanish America.

CHINSE, TO. To stop small seams, by working in oakum with a knife or
chisel--a temporary expedient. To caulk slightly those openings that
will not bear the force required for caulking.

CHINSING-IRON. A caulker's tool for chinsing seams with.

CHIP, TO. To trim a gun when first taken from the mould or castings.

CHIPS. The familiar soubriquet of the carpenter on board ship. The
fragments of timber and the planings of plank are included among
chips.--_Chip of the old block_, a son like his father.

CHIRURGEON. [Fr.] The old name for surgeon.

CHISEL. A well-known edged tool for cutting away wood, iron, &c.

CHIT. A note. Formerly the note for slops given by the officer of a
division to be presented to the purser.

CHIULES. The Saxon ships so called.

CHIVEY. A knife.

CHLET. An old Manx term for a rock in the sea.

CHOCK. A sort of wedge used to rest or confine any weighty body, and
prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion. Also, pieces