chick : Idioms & Phrases

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chick-pea

Chick"-pea` noun
Etymology
See Chich.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.
  2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.
Webster 1913

pea-chick

  • noun a young peafowl
    peachick.
WordNet

squab-chick

Squab"-chick` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913