chaise

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'I thought you called the chaise yours,' said I. 'That's my way of speaking,' said the man; 'but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live.

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  1. noun Any of various light open carriages, often with a collapsible hood, especially a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.
  2. noun A post chaise.
  3. noun A chaise longue.

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  • And then feel yourself begin to relax Stephen, Judith thought as she stared into Reza Patel's now shadowy face Stephen The decorative mirror behind the chaise was actually a one-way glass that made observation and filming of hypnotic sessions possible from the laboratory without distracting the patient. —  THE ANASTASIA SYNDROME AND OTHER STORIES
  • "That's my way of speaking," said the man; "but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live. —  Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
  • "That's my way of speaking," said the man, "but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live. —  Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest
  • The expectation of the delegates' chaise, added to the fight between Molly Beale and Dame Ricketts, and the ill-advised appearance of a lean bull-terrier, were a sufficient safety-valve to the popular excitement during the remaining quarter of an hour; at the end of which the chaise was seen approaching along the Whitlow road, with oak boughs ornamenting the horses' heads; and, to quote the account of this interesting scene which was sent to the Rotherby Guardian_, 'loud cheers immediately testified to the sympathy of the honest fellows collected there, with the public-spirited exertions of their fellow-townsmen.' —  Scenes of Clerical Life
  • They felt the animal's heavy side just graze the back of the chaise, and they heard behind them a bellow of rage that seemed to fill all the solitary place with diabolical echoes The body of the chaise was bounding upon its leather bands, jolting cruelly against the axle. —  The Mormon Prophet
 

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  1. French, chair, variant of Old French chaiere; see chair.

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  1. F.; a variant of chaire, a chair: see chair. In the 16th century the Parisians in many words substituted the sound of z for that of r, and in this case, as a distinct meaning was attached to each form, the modification was adopted as a new word.
 

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