Chops (ch&obreve;ps), n. pl. [See Chop a jaw.] 1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.
Chop"stick" (ch&obreve;p"st&ibreve;k`), n. One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
Cho*rag"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;.] Of or pertaining to a choragus.
Choragic monument, a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.
||Cho*ra"gus (?), n.; pl. Choragi (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; chorus + &?; to lead.] (Gr. Antiq.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
Cho"ral (?), a. [LL. choralis, fr. L. chorus. See Chorus.] Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.
Choral service, a service of song.
Cho"ral, n. (Mus.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]
Cho"ral*ist (?), n. A singer or composer of chorals.
Cho"ral*ly, adv. In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
Chord (k˘rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. chordh`. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.