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CHICKENING
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chickening
present participle of chicken
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CHICKEN
Chick"en, n. Etym: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, kĂĽken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. kĂĽchkein. See Cock the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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