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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat ({Icteria viridis}), and the
long-tailed chat ({Icteria longicauda}). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
{Saxicolid[ae]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
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{Bush chat}. (Zool.) See under {Bush}.
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