Chat"ter*er (?), n. 1. A prater; an idle talker.
2. (Zo÷l.) A bird of the family AmpelidŠ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
Chat"ter*ing (?), n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
Chat"ti*ness (?), n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
Chat"ty (?), a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
||Chat"ty, n. [Tamil shāti.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
Chat"wood` (?), n. [Chat a little stick + wood.] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.
Chaud"-med`ley (?), n. [F. chaude mŕlÚe; chaud hot + mŕler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle.] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self- defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.