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American screenwriter
David Chappe (November 8, 1947, in Brooklyn – May 13, 2002, in Los Angeles) was best known as the screenwriter who launched the bidding wars of the late
David_Chappe
1999 American film
The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy
Beowulf_(1999_film)
1993 American film
hurricane. The first version of the script for the film was written by David Chappe in 1984, who then wrote six more drafts between 1987 and 1989, and after
Cliffhanger_(1993_film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Chappe may refer to: Claude Chappe (1763 – 1805), French inventor David Chappe (1947 - 2002), American screenwriter Georges Chappe (b. 1944), French cyclist
Chappe
Tower-based signaling network
Chappe telegraph, which was invented in France in 1792 by Claude Chappe. It was popular in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Chappe used
Optical_telegraph
Colin; Le Blanc, Michelle (2007). David Lynch. Kamera Books. ISBN 978-1-84243-225-9. Rodley, Chris; Lynch, David (2005). Lynch on Lynch (2nd ed.). Macmillan
List of abandoned and unfinished films
List_of_abandoned_and_unfinished_films
never accept gifts from or talk to any. 3 "Disappearing Act" Lou Zukor David Chappe, Robby London September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) MU003 Orko accidentally
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes
List_of_He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_episodes
Mechanical apparatus used to send messages
645–651. David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Telegraph". The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Vol. 17. pp. 664–667. "J-M. Dilhac, "The Telegraph of Claude Chappe: An Optical
Semaphore
English fantasy author (1948–2015)
up in later novels, is a mechanical optical telegraph (as created by the Chappe brothers and employed during the French Revolution) before wired electric
Terry_Pratchett
Bar between a sword's blade and handle
or 14th century, swords were almost universally fitted with a so-called chappe or rain-guard, a piece of leather fitted to the crossguard. The purpose
Crossguard
Long distance transmission of text
telegraph put into widespread use was the Chappe telegraph, an optical telegraph invented by Claude Chappe in the late 18th century. The system was used
Telegraphy
1979 studio album by Simple Minds
landmarks like Metal Box, 154, Entertainment! and Unknown Pleasures". Eric Chappe of CMJ New Music Monthly highlighted Simple Minds' "determination to constantly
Real_to_Real_Cacophony
One of the character encodings used to transmit information by telegraphy
the French Revolution. The code used in France was the Chappe code, named after Claude Chappe the inventor. The British Admiralty also used the semaphore
Telegraph_code
1981 studio album by Kim Wilde
the "pure pop" album was "fun to listen to when you're having fun". Eric Chappe called the album an "immediately striking disc", citing the "'60s girl group
Kim_Wilde_(album)
Series of poker tournaments
leading the field. The final table was reached on the third day with Karl Chappe-Gatien starting as the chip leader. After his elimination in third place
Triton_Poker_Series
Use of light to convey information
different from the Chappe system. For example, Britain and Sweden adopted systems of shuttered panels (in contradiction to the Chappe brothers' contention
Optical_communication
Skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
That Came to Symbolize the Apocalypse". The Atlantic. "Locations used in Chappe (2015) film". IMDB. Retrieved 13 March 2025. Bloom, Philip (12 October 2012)
Ponte_City
French political theorist (1743–1793)
Neuchâtel. At 17 years of age he applied for the expedition of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche to Tobolsk to measure the transit of Venus, but was turned down
Jean-Paul_Marat
1983 album by Echo & the Bunnymen
Record. 2 (8): 25. Cleary, David. "Porcupine [Bonus Tracks] – Echo & the Bunnymen". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2021. Chappe, Eric (10 November 2000)
Porcupine_(album)
Mieczysław Młynarski Gennadi Volnov Ed Palubinskas Leo Rautins Dino Rađa Pedro Chappé Ivan Mrázek Nicolás Lapentti János Greminger Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami Arturo
List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame
List_of_members_of_the_FIBA_Hall_of_Fame
Crater on the Moon
April 2026. https://www.wandtv.com/news/videos/grammy-nominated-guitarist-david-becker-shares-new-song-carrols-crater-on-wand/video_d14f1ede-2e33-54d6-9c7e-9f138215f385
Carroll_(crater)
Eric Rolon in the Funimation dub. Chappe (チャッペ): A cattle-like centaur and member of the Brownbeard Pirates. Chappe is voiced by Eiji Takemoto in the
List_of_One_Piece_pirates
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2021. Bertuca, David J.; Hartman, Donald K. & Neumeister, Susan M. (1996). The World's Columbian
Nikola_Tesla
firing cannon and raising flags. 1792 – Claude Chappe invents the semaphore telegraph. 1792 – Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore
History_of_communication
Field army of the French Imperial Army
Cavalry (Lourde et Légère Cavalerie) French article on Chappe telegraphs, Les Télégraphes Chappe, l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon Uniforms of Napoleon's Guard
Grande_Armée
Short-range wireless technology standard
Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018. David Meyer (22 April 2009). "Bluetooth 3.0 released without ultrawideband". zdnet
Bluetooth
Real-time communication over the internet
public online chat system was called Talkomatic, created by Doug Brown and David R. Woolley in 1973 on the PLATO System at the University of Illinois. It
Online_chat
"the world's first modern tank". Guillotine. Optical telegraph by Claude Chappe in 1792. Modern pencil by Nicolas-Jacques Conté in 1795. Paper machine by
List of French inventions and discoveries
List_of_French_inventions_and_discoveries
Telecommunications device
in 1796. Huth proposed an alternative to the optical telegraph of Claude Chappe in which the operators in the signaling towers would shout to each other
Telephone
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths from 1 m to 1 mm
Industrial Hygiene Assn. p. 1. ISBN 978-1931504553. Jones, Graham A.; Layer, David H.; Osenkowsky, Thomas G. (2013). National Association of Broadcasters Engineering
Microwave
British bishop (1761–1803)
Deal in 1796, a few years after Claude Chappe's system began operation in France. He was Bishop of Saint David's from 1801 until his death. Murray was
Lord_George_Murray_(bishop)
Maker of bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles
(Lyon) Carde & fils (Bordeaux) Chabrol (Toulouse) Chapelle & Jabouille Chappe et Gessalin, (Brie-Comte-Robert) Chapron (Levallois-Perret) Philippe Charbonneaux
Coachbuilder
American electronics company (1919–1988)
most of its existence, RCA was closely identified with the leadership of David Sarnoff. He became general manager at the company's founding, served as
RCA_Corporation
U.S. government agency
localism, and competition in media, and was harmful to the public interest. David A. Bray joined the commission in 2013 as chief information officer and quickly
Federal Communications Commission
Federal_Communications_Commission
threshing machine 1789: Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom 1792: Claude Chappe invents the semaphore telegraph 1793: Eli Whitney invents the modern cotton
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Global system of connected computer networks
recruited scientists affiliated with the nation's top universities. Yates, David M. (1997). Turing's Legacy: A History of Computing at the National Physical
Internet
Heraldic cross
Rimbachzell in Alsace; Saint-Jean-de-Bassel in Lorraine; Rontalon in Aquitaine; Chappes in Auvergne; Arvieu in Aveyron; and Auton and Vinon-sur-Verdon in Provence
Maltese_cross
Cambier (1897–c.1905) Castoldi (1900) Cedre (1975–1987) CD (1962–1965) CG (Chappe et Gessalin) (1966–1974) CGV (Charron, Girardot et Voigt) (1901–1906) Chaigneau-Brasier
List of automobile manufacturers of France
List_of_automobile_manufacturers_of_France
Early system for transmitting text over wires
way than other needle telegraphs. The needles made symbols similar to the Chappe optical system symbols, making it more familiar to the telegraph operators
Electrical_telegraph
Portable device to make telephone calls using a radio link
"Chinese city opens 'phone lane' for texting pedestrians", The Guardian David Chazan (14 June 2015), "Antwerp introduces 'text walking lanes' for pedestrians
Mobile_phone
Early packet switching network (1969–1990)
consisting of Frank Heart, Robert Kahn, Severo Omstein, William Crowther, and David Walden Hafner, Katie (25 June 2018). "Frank Heart, Who Linked Computers
ARPANET
Transmission of information electromagnetically
Ross, David. "The Spanish Armada". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2007. "Les Télégraphes Chappe". Cédrick
Telecommunications
Real-time video communication
French). Verne, Jules. «In the year 2889»[2], Project Gutenberg. Langford, David (18 September 2025). "Videophone". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Videotelephony
Medium for transmitting moving images and sound
the Reformation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-4422-7159-3. David Anderson (7 July 2007). "The Kingdom of God, the Fellowship of the Saints"
Television
Apple videotelephony service
Jagadish Chandra Bose Charles Bourseul Walter Houser Brattain Vint Cerf Claude Chappe Yogen Dalal Donald Davies Daniel Davis Jr. Amos Dolbear Thomas Edison Philo
FaceTime
1217–1221 attempted conquest of the Holy Land
knights and their men-at-arms, including a Cypriote knight named Peter Chappe, and his charge, a young Philip of Novara. While in Egypt, Philip received
Fifth_Crusade
Religious building
(Bastille of the sea). In 1794, an optical telegraph system, designed by Claude Chappe, was installed on top of the dome, making the Mont-Saint-Michel part of
Mont-Saint-Michel_Abbey
Switched network of teleprinters
Afar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-15. Gesswein, David. "ASR 33 Teletype Information". pdp8online. Retrieved 2022-01-24. Joel,
Telex
leads to the writing and transmission of a message. French engineer Claude Chappe began working on visual telegraphy in 1790, using pairs of "clocks" whose
History_of_telecommunication
Canadian telecommunications company (1895–2013)
Fitzgerald, 1982–1985 David George Vice, 1985–1990 Paul George Stern, 1990–1992 Jean-Claude Monty, 1992–1997 John Andrew Roth, 1997–1998 David Lawrence House
Nortel
Transfer of data over a communication channel
Clark, "Principles of Digital Data Transmission", Published by Wiley, 1983 David R. Smith, "Digital Transmission Systems", Kluwer International Publishers
Data_communication
(dense) WDM system, Optelecom and its former head of Light Systems Research, David R. Huber formed a new venture, Ciena Corp., that deployed the world's first
History_of_the_Internet
English musician (born 1979)
Doherty's paintings titled, Art of the Albion, took place at the Galerie Chappe in Paris from 25 April to 25 May 2008. The exhibit caused controversy due
Pete_Doherty
Number for local emergency services
are the emergency telephone numbers in Israel, serving the police, Magen David Adom and the fire department accordingly. 01, 02, 03 and 04 were the universal
Emergency_telephone_number
Retired telecommunications software service/application
Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013. Goldman, David. "EBay to unload big stake in Skype – Sep. 1, 2009". CNN. Archived from
Skype
American multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate
assets, and Paramount bidding for the entirety of WBD. According to CNBC, David Zaslav will announce whether to split the company in two or sell off the
Comcast
Ch'ŭgugi (rain gauge) Emmett Chapman (1936–2021), U.S. – Chapman Stick Claude Chappe (1763–1805), France – Semaphore line Melanie Chartoff (born 1950), together
List_of_inventors
Transmission of language with brief pulses
popular culture, this is mostly remembered in the book The Codebreakers by David Kahn and in the national archives of the UK and Australia (whose SIGINT
Morse_code
name, but a nickname adopted by later historians. It probably derived from chappe, an ecclesiastical mantle wore at the Abbey of Saint Martin of Tours. Hugh
List_of_French_monarchs
Forms of media that reach large audiences
Present (Berghahn, 2015). 212 pp. online review Cull, Nicholas John, David Culbert and David Welch, eds. Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to
Mass_media
Simple radio receiver circuit for AM reception
of Electronics. AuthorHouse. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-4208-9084-0. Kent, Herb; David Smallwood; Richard M. Daley (2009). The Cool Gent: The Nine Lives of Radio
Crystal_radio
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
diaphragm, while a specially coated rubber served as the semiconductor. David Edward Hughes' also published a paper on the physics of loose-contact carbon
Thomas_Edison
French multinational telecommunications corporation
warring and unsafe country. That was the optical telegraphy network of Claude Chappe. In 1878, after the invention of the electrical telegraph and then the invention
Orange_Group
Former undersea telegraph cable
Electric Telegraph: A Social and Economic History, David and Charles, 1973 OCLC 655205099. Lindley, David, Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and
Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
House of Caumont House of Chacenay House of Champlitte-Pontailler House of Chappes House of Chastenet de Puységur House of Chateaubriand House of Châtillon
List_of_noble_houses
spearheaded by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), which was headed by David Sarnoff, was that the FM band needed to be shifted to higher frequencies
FM broadcasting in the United States
FM_broadcasting_in_the_United_States
Family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines
Through Copper Phone Lines". Gizmodo. John E. Trombly; John D. Foulkes; David K. Worthington (May 18, 1982). "Audio and full duplex digital data carrier
Digital_subscriber_line
Cable assembly containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light
Perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02616-2. Large, David; Farmer, James (January 13, 2004). Modern Cable Television Technology. Elsevier
Fiber-optic_cable
English computer scientist (born 1955)
cheaper internet". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2013. Weinberger, David, "How the father of the World Wide Web plans to reclaim it from Facebook
Tim_Berners-Lee
Australian telecommunications company
sees fit in for its multi-technology NBN rollout." Under the leadership of David Thodey, Telstra embarked upon a transformation agenda to become more sales
Telstra
musician and wife of Johnny Cash, complications following surgery. Pedro Chappé, 57, Cuban basketball player. Desmond Dreyer, 93, British Royal Navy admiral
Deaths_in_May_2003
Type of mobile phone
generic title (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Whalen, David J. (30 November 2010). "Communications Satellites: Making the Global Village
Satellite_phone
British multinational telecommunications holding company
continued signing customers, its rate of revenue growth slowed, so that in 1999 David Dorman was made CEO with a brief to revive it. In late 2000, the BT and
BT_Group
Astronomical transit of Venus across the Sun
Captain James Cook), Austria (Maximilian Hell), and France (Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche and Guillaume Le Gentil) took part in expeditions to places
Transit_of_Venus
Act of typing and sending a brief, digital message
Txtng: the Gr8 Db8 (which translates as "Texting: the Great Debate"), David Crystal states that texters in all eleven languages use "lol" ("laughing
Text_messaging
Research and scientific development company
Mathematical Programming Language, AMPL, was developed by Robert Fourer, David M. Gay and Brian Kernighan at Bell Laboratories. Also in 1985, Bell Laboratories
Bell_Labs
Artificial satellite that relays radio signals
the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2021. van Keuren, David K. (1997). "Chapter 2: Moon in Their Eyes: Moon Communication Relay at the
Communications_satellite
name, but a nickname adopted by later historians. It probably derived from chappe, an ecclesiastical mantle wore at the Abbey of Saint Martin of Tours. Hugh
List of heads of state of France
List_of_heads_of_state_of_France
Linked hypertext system on the Internet
(Ciena), created its own technology to transmit data more efficiently. David Huber, an optical networking engineer and entrepreneur Kevin Kimberlin founded
World_Wide_Web
Italian radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1874–1937)
Jagadish Chandra Bose Charles Bourseul Walter Houser Brattain Vint Cerf Claude Chappe Yogen Dalal Donald Davies Daniel Davis Jr. Amos Dolbear Thomas Edison Philo
Guglielmo_Marconi
Japanese investment holding company
manufacturer Kingston Technology in 1996. When the owners-founders (John Tu and David Sun) announced plans to distribute $100,000,000 of the $1.5B windfall to
SoftBank_Group
Type of wiring used for communications
longitudinal and the differential mode is called metallic. Barnett, David; Groth, David; McBee, Jim (2004). Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring
Twisted_pair
American telecommunications company
through CenturyLink". Centurylink.com. Retrieved December 20, 2013. Anders, David (April 21, 2022). "Need Home Internet Service? Find the Internet Providers
Lumen_Technologies
City in southern France
Jean-Pierre Ricard (born 1944), cardinal, archbishop of Bordeaux Georges Chappe (born 1944), cyclist Jean-Claude Izzo (1945–2000), author Denis Ranque (born
Marseille
British media and telecommunications conglomerate
Cavanagh (Comcast senior VP & CFO), Arthur R Block (legal counsel) and David L Cohen (senior VP & CDO). Financial results have been as shown in the table
Sky_Group
Computer network that connects devices across a large distance and area
Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-04-21. Groth, David; Skandler, Toby (2005). Network+ Study Guide, Fourth Edition. Sybex, Inc
Wide_area_network
Long bladed weapon
medieval and Renaissance era European swords, a flap of leather called the chappe or rain guard was attached to a sword's crossguard at the base of the hilt
Sword
Motorcycle: Dnipro UK: Bristol, Healey, Jaguar Cars USA: Kaiser-Frazer France: Chappe et Gessalin, Mochet, Rovin Germany: Messerschmitt Hungary: Csepel Italy:
Timeline of motor vehicle brands
Timeline_of_motor_vehicle_brands
Text messaging service component
February 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Crystal, David (July 5, 2008). "2b or not 2b?". Guardian Unlimited. London, UK. Archived
SMS
Non-commercial use of the radio spectrum
from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017. Sumner, David (August 2011). "How Many Hams?". QST. American Radio Relay League. p. 9
Amateur_radio
it was electromagnetic induction. In 1879 the experimenter and inventor David Edward Hughes, working in London, discovered that a bad contact in a Bell
Invention_of_radio
Telecommunications networks transmitted by radio waves
"Introducing the inverted Icarus paradox in business history – Evidence from David and Goliath in the Swedish telecommunications industry 1981–1990". Business
Cellular_network
Inventor of the telephone (1847–1922)
Marian Hubbard Bell (1880–1962) who was referred to as "Daisy". Married David Fairchild. Two sons who died in infancy (Edward in 1881 and Robert in 1883)
Alexander_Graham_Bell
Radio transmitter to locate people in distress
October 2012. Milovanovich, C. (7 May 2009). "Inquest into the death of David Iredale" (PDF). Lawlink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2011
Emergency position-indicating radio beacon
Emergency_position-indicating_radio_beacon
American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (born 1943)
the 1960s, leading him to advocate for accessibility. They had two sons, David and Bennett. He left IBM to attend graduate school at the University of
Vint_Cerf
Hand-held portable two-way communications device
2021). "Hytera Launches PoC Walkie Talkie PNC370". El Comercio. Pogue, David (5 September 2012). "Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio". The New York Times
Walkie-talkie
Decade
18 – John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury) (b. 1730) January 23 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (b. 1763) January 24 – Liu Yong, Chinese
1800s_(decade)
American worldwide manufacturing company
Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at US Dept. of State Stout, David (January 30, 2003). "Edward Korry, 81, Is Dead; Falsely Tied to Chile Coup"
ITT_Inc.
Digital representation of sampled analog signals
silicon-gate CMOS (complementary MOS) PCM codec-filter chip, developed by David A. Hodges and W.C. Black in 1980, has since been the industry standard for
Pulse-code_modulation
Physicist, biologist and botanist (1857–1937)
Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018. David L. Gosling (2007). Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein Met Tagore
Jagadish_Chandra_Bose
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from Hebrew David, DAVIS means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Son of David; David's Son; Dear One; Beloved
Male
English
(דָּוִד, דָּוִיד) Hebrew name DAVID means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Jesse. David was the second king of Israel and father of King Solomon. As a youth he killed a giant named Goliath with his slingshot.Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Beloved; Feminine Form of David
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Hebrew, Irish, Norse, Scandinavian
Beloved; Dear One; Bright Finn; Brilliant Finn; Black One; Variant of David
Male
Polish
Polish form of Hebrew David, DAWID means "beloved."
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew David, DOVID means "beloved."
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish
Form of David
Male
Norse
Old Norse form of Hebrew David, DAVIÃ means "beloved."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Feminie of David
Male
Greek
(Δαυίδ) Greek form of Hebrew David, DAUID means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of the second king of Israel and ancestor of Jesus.Â
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, Hebrew, Irish
Cherished; Beloved; Variant of David Beloved; Diminutive of David
Male
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese form of Hebrew David, DAVI means "beloved."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Latin, Swedish
Beloved; Feminine of David; Friend; Darling
Girl/Female
English
Beloved. Feminine of David.
Female
English
(דָוִידָה) Feminine form of Hebrew David, DAVIDA means "beloved."
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Male
English
 English pet form of Hebrew David, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Dà ibhidh, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Swiss
Italian Form of David; Beloved; Dear One
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
Girl/Female
Greek
Star.
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic, Irish
Wise; Intelligent
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Protecting Friend
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Shining
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Goddess Amman
Girl/Female
Teutonic Norse
Brave.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin
Warrior; Summer; Warlike; Fighter; Place of Thracius; Harvester
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Moon
Male
Irish
Irish double diminutive form of Irish/Scottish Gaelic Aodh, AODHAGÃN means "tiny little fire."Â
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
DAVID CHAPPE
n.
Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
imp. & p. p.
of Chap
a.
Having a limber tongue.
a.
Timid; fearful.
n.
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.
a.
Avid.
n.
A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
n.
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
a.
Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
n.
A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv.
a.
Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.
n.
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.
n.
Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
n.
A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.
a.
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
n.
A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.