Vocabulary : Chinoiserie to Chintz

Chinoiserie : Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.
Chinoline : See Quinoline.
Chinone : See Quinone.
Chinook : One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians. ;; A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory. ;; A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.
Chinook State : Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n.

Chinquapin : A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
Chinse : To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
Chinsed : of Chinse
Chinsing : of Chinse
Chintz : Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.

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